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Lebron seventeen points, fourteen rebounds, six assists. 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.520 But Austin Reeves struggled tonight, Ruis struggled tonight, and they 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.959 just could not defend. Joe stefan Castle had thirty points, 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.240 ten rebounds, uh six assists. 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:23.560 They had. 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:25.959 If I'm not mistaken, I think they had seven players 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:29.400 and double figures. Their bench scored like forty four forty 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.200 five points, and the Lakers only got bench production from 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.560 Marcus mart But Joe watching this ball game, and we look, 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.920 we know Oster Reeves struggled tonight. That's that's an a 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.520 normally he anomaly. He's played great the entire season, so 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.800 we know they can score. Luca's gonna give you somewhere 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.560 between thirty and thirty five a night. Austin Reeves probably 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:49.760 gonna give you somewhere between twenty five and thirty a knight. 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.160 Lebron is gonna be the third option. He's gonna give 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.000 you somewhere between fifteen and twenty a night. The issue 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:57.440 is not going to be scoring. The issue is gonna 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:01.640 be can they defend consistently? Because Lebron is going about 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.160 to be forty one. Luca has never been a defender, 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:07.080 and Auston Reeve's got to taste of offense in his mouth, 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:07.600 not Joe. 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.000 So do you know what you start like, Hey, man, 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:12.200 they're gonna pay me. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.160 Two under meal to put the ball in the basket, 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.719 not to defend, and so they're gonna that's gonna be 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:20.039 their issue. But I was surprised, But how well the 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.240 Spurs played tonight, I wasn't really surprised. 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:25.279 You know, you got to give props to the Spurs 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.880 on Kenocho, but you know, the Lakers just coming off 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:29.680 their road trip on the East Coast. Man, that's a 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:31.800 three hour difference. It takes a little while for the 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:35.359 body to get back acclimated, you know, to a specific time. 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:41.080 If I'm the Lakers, obviously you're definitely disappointed being at home. 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:44.760 But you gotta get a Spurs credit. Man, they got 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:46.799 a lot of young cats who can put that ball 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:50.640 in the hole, man, young legs. Hey, the youth came 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:52.040 in to play tonight. But like I said, I thought 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.560 the Lakers were definitely lethargic off of this East Coast 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.680 trip they just came off of. So their first game 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.200 back on Kenocho. It's always a little tough for a 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.360 little difficult. Legs are kind of, you know, a little dead. 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:05.479 But if I'm the Lakers, I wouldn't put too much 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.800 into this. I'll probably just kind of wipe my hands 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.000 with it, chalk it up, and prepare for the next one. 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.800 But the Spurs look good, man, considering that they playing 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:16.599 without winby Yeah, like they they they're at the top 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.400 of the You look at OKC and what they what 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.560 they've done. But the Spurs and the Lakers have been 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.000 right there. And the Spurs have continuously throughout this entire 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:29.840 season been playing great basketball. So I gotta get him 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.159 a lot of properts. They look good tonight. 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:33.920 I mean, oh yo joe. 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.839 Spurs got thirty nine in the first quarter, got thirty 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.120 one in the second quarter, so that's seventy points at 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.240 the half. Then they go get thirty four and the third. 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.960 That's one hundred and four points. You're gonna have a 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.359 very tough time. You let teams score that many points. 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.800 You're gonna have a hard ass. Unless you shooting at 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:52.440 an elite level. You let a team score like that, 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.080 you got your work cutout for. You got your work 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.560 cutout for you, and then they got twenty eight. Then 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.840 they got twenty eight to fourth quarter, when you know 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.640 they kind of took their foot off the gas. The 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.600 issue for the Lakers, and I still believe this, Joe 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.080 and I think you agree, is gonna be defend, defend. 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.520 Can they defend? Can they defend? Then they're gonna score. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.000 Luca's gonna Luca Lucas gonna give you. I mean, he 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:13.880 got an easy equal. 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:17.000 Look, he's gonna go off every first quarter because he's 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.360 gonna get up about fifteen shots, so there's gonna be 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.279 a great chance he's gonna have somewhere between twenty and twenty, 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:24.839 maybe even thirty points in the first quarter. So he's 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.640 gonna get He's gonna get off to a great start. 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:30.160 The question is can they defend, because what happens when 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:32.640 your shots. See what happened was they got off to 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.240 a great start, and when it wasn't defending, it was 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.720 fine because the Spurs missed a couple of shots and 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:39.640 the Lakers, you know, right back at them. But what 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:43.719 happens when those shots shots start stopped falling of Joe 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:45.480 and Ojo, and then all of a sudden, the other 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:48.360 team couldn't miss. You can't get noo stops to quell 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.520 that rush. O Joe looking at this game, man, I 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:53.440 mean look Stefan Castle. You see why he runs Rookie 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:57.680 of the Year. Yes you are man, Fox Deer and Fox. 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:02.760 Hey, that's that boy, man and a deep and he 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:06.440 always hey listen, he always been that boy were down 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.800 there in sack Town. I just the fact that I'm 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:10.960 not sure why certain players, I think depending on where 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:13.600 they play. Obviously, if you're not flaming boyant, if you're 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.920 not flashy, you don't get the credit you're not. You're 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.800 not seen on TV as often as you should, you know, 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.120 I mean, especially those they don't watch the. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.120 Game of basketball. But but he liked that. 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:25.360 Oh yeah, he always been like that. 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.560 And as far as the Lakers are concerned, on they 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.920 they've really never been able to play defense. You understand, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.200 that's not the way that team is built. They're they're 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.560 they're off of the juggernaut. And when Rui was off 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:37.160 the night, when Austin ree was off to night, you know, 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.240 it had it's something has to offset them not having defense. 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.320 So they have no choice but to be efficient. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.520 They got no choice. But from the field, and everybody 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:50.520 has to be on. Everybody got agree. You know tonight you. 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.800 Had two individuals that score. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.160 I mean they they they are part of the scoring 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:01.480 obviously Lebron Luca, you know they they could do. But 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.600 if U and Austin not on, they really don't stand 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.960 no chance. Not just against the Spurs, but hell, anybody. 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:10.640 Yeah that could score it will. They're always gonna be 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.960 a problem. If you go back and study the Lakers, 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:14.400 Joe and O Joe. 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:16.360 If you look at the Lakers, say the past, since 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.200 let's just take since Lebron been there. Yeah, thing that's 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:23.160 always given them problem. Elite back court courts, quick back courts. 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:24.520 Yeah, guys who can. 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.920 Always give go back and look at since Lebron has 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.200 been there, teams that Darren Fox has always given them fits. 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.839 Shaye is always gonna give them fits. Somebody that has 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:36.000 an elite tyrese MAXI guys that John Moran. 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:37.520 Anybody that has an. 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.000 Elite back court is gonna cause them problem because they 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:43.000 can't defend that. They can't defend on ball. So you 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:47.079 come with help, they swing it. You rotate one more time. Now, 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.760 guys wide open, so they don't have guys they don't 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.960 have guys that can. They can't rotate multiple times, and 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.480 the thing would makes okay, see so great they could 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.520 rotate once twice, three times. 0:08:58.200 --> 0:08:59.880 Four times, five times a lady. 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:05.440 Yeah, and they always gonna have three elite level ball 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:07.600 defense on ball defenders. They're gonna be on the court 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.719 of all times. Oh yeah, you got carusso ed, you 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.720 brought Wallace, he it you just bring you just Joe 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.040 comes in. You just they just keep throwing people at 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:18.360 you and at you and at you and at you. 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.480 It just it just overwhelmed you. 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.199 Yeah, they got the okay, see, got defensive minded guys, 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.000 you know, and they playing extended defense, meaning they picking 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.200 a full court. The Lakers are more built. They're gonna 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:33.160 try to outscore you pire point blank. Uh. And I 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:35.160 thought they were very lethargic to thing. Like I said, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:36.480 I thought they was a step of two slow to 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.599 night too, okay, Joe, uh and the young team, that 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:42.200 young Spurs team took advantage of a Lakers team. Like 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.920 I said, they had been on the road just coming 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.600 back home, so they probably was a little relaxed. And uh, 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:49.640 like I said, Man, the Spurs look good. 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:49.839 Man. 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.840 They sit on top of the West as well, and 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.160 I look forward to seeing them play. Okay, see, man, 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.840 it's gonna be They're gonna be a great team, a 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.600 fun team to watch. So well, I was gonna go 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.040 to the I was gonna go to the game. But 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.680 I ain't going now why because the Lakers ain't playing. 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.800 I don't want to see no, Okay, seeing Spurs, man, 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:11.440 that's gonna be a good game. I'd rather go watch 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:15.640 a worm fight to jumping Jackson, red woodlers fighting, who's 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.320 gonna get whos gonna get eaten by the fish? 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:22.679 Hey, hold up, I think I think women gonna be back, though, 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:24.599 I think women gonna be back for the championship. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.960 Don't care about that. Big Bend can be back, The 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:30.320 Eiffel Tower can be back. 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:31.160 I ain't going. 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:33.240 It's gonna be a hell of a game where you're 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.880 gonna wish you went to this game? What you what 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.040 you would have bet the ratings will be. 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:42.839 They're gonna be high, I mean the Lakers. If the 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.000 Lakers is playing, they probably be a little higher, but 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.600 they gonna be a little Luca and Lebron. Yeah, but 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.480 I'm saying, hey, look, you can't you can't deny with okay, 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:53.800 see doing no oh no. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.600 No no no no no no no no, like two 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:57.719 things can be true. Joke. 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.520 Always think about it. The Spurs have always been been 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:04.640 really really good, even when they had Duncan. Even that 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:08.240 manu u uh, Tony Parker and Ni Kawai came late, 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:10.520 but they also been a low draw. 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.480 That's just that's just the wad is. 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:17.040 Hey what they playing that game at Joe Vegas? 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:18.200 Hey? 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.880 Hey, what aren't that right there? But that right there? 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:23.840 I'm sleeping. I'm getting some rest. 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:24.600 Hold on. 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:25.640 You don't want to go to the game. 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:29.679 I don't do you want to go to the game? Joke? 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:31.840 Come on, I'm winning. What's up, old Joe? Where we're going? 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:35.559 We can fly down man when the game is Saturday. 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.240 Oh damn. I got to be in Philly, man. 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.280 Yeah see I knew it. I think I got something 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.160 to do too, And I got to be in my bed. 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:46.120 I ain't you ain't got to be in the ain't got. 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:50.480 Got to be. You don't have to, you don't have 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.160 to what I gotta do. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.440 I mean, I'm gonna tall you like crazy Joe told 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:58.680 totally men and lean on me. You gotta do stay 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.320 black and it's time to go, time to go. 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:03.880 That's it. Anything else out side of that, you gotta 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:05.559 we can go to the game. 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:09.840 No you can't. Yah, man, I do not wish to 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:14.120 go to the game. I had never saw I never 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:16.320 seen Luca play, so I wanted to see Luca. 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.080 So if the Lakers was playing, you would have went 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:18.480 to the game. 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.320 I absolutely would have went to the game. Absolutely, one thousand, 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:22.360 a trillion percent. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.679 You would have said, would said courtside. 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:32.760 Ten million percent. Damn, that's if they do. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.120 If they did it like the first time they did it, Joe, 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.680 you know, it was like it really wasn't like no 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:41.320 court side. It's kind of hard to explain. Yeah, but 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.600 it was cool. It was cool the lights. You know, 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.800 the Lakers won the first one. Uh, they beat Indiana. 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.040 Lebron was the MVP of the thing. So yeah, it 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:52.199 was really good. But yeah, that was when my god 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:55.520 was like, oh yeah, Lakers, they let me down. So 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.920 I guess I gotta wait for another game to see Luca. 0:12:58.679 --> 0:12:58.839 Yeah. 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.640 It was it was uphill all night man. Yeah, and 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:02.880 they got up to a great start. I thought the 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.720 Lakers got off to a really good start. But then look, 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.679 the thing is if you get off to a great 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.040 start and you're not playing defense, that's fine. But what 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.280 happens when you start missing shots and you're not playing 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.880 defense and you can't keep nobody in front of you. 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.240 So now all of a sudden, lay up, they missed 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.320 a shot, they get the rebound put back. You was 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.000 up sick, Now you're up for Kelton Johnson comes in 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.760 hit back to back threes to get them going, and. 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.840 Then from that point on they really never looked back. 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:31.240 I don't, I don't. 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.840 For me, I never got the sense that the Lakers 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:35.720 were really really into it. I mean, I think they 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:39.280 cut it to eight, and then the Spurs push it 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:41.360 back to twelve right before the half. And then they 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:42.920 come right out the half and hear the three to 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.640 start Lakers here the three, and. 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.520 The next thing you know, they go boom boom, boom boom. 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:48.920 The next thing you know, what was the twelve point 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:50.080 leaders a twenty point league? 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:53.280 It's just like that. The Spurs are deep, man, they deep. 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:54.480 They got a deep team. Man. 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.480 They got a lot of guys who contribute. They don't 0:13:57.520 --> 0:13:59.800 just lean on one guy. They hit you no, no, no. 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.360 So I was in prison, I ain't gonna lie I 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.600 was in prison. They've been playing great ball off season, 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:06.760 so it was, you know, good to kind of see 0:14:06.800 --> 0:14:09.200 him going la and really take that challenge and really 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.000 just take control of the game. I looked up to 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.160 start the third the second half, I thought the Lakers 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:17.000 was down ten or so. Next thing I know, they 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:21.320 down twenty. Yeah, they were quire down. They would they started, 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:23.120 they were down team, they was down. You know, Okay, 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:27.480 they made a three and then I think it was Borings. 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.160 To come back and match it with a three, and 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.080 then next thing you know, they go like go eight 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:35.600 to oh and and just like that is it's twenty 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.320 it's twenty four, and they really really, Like I said, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:39.760 I think Austin Reeves struggled to night. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:41.640 He just didn't have it tonight for whatever reason. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:43.760 Looked like you said, it was a tough game for 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.120 them in Philly, because that was a game who could 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.560 played extremely well. Ron had what twenty nine and and 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:53.720 and played extremely well. Austin did what did what he does. 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.720 But the night they just they just didn't have it. 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:58.440 And I think I don't know if it was I 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.960 think it was more soa Spurs then the Laker's not 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.400 having it. I think the Spurs aided and than not 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.080 having it because they were able to push the pace. 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.920 They got guys that can handle the ball. Step Stafan 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:13.760 Castle is amazing, bra get a heads it then direct 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:17.960 Darren Fox had you know, Austar reeves On skates, Caldon 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.640 Johnson came in. Vassal didn't even really play that well tonight. 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.720 I thought Corny Cornett gave him some valuable minus inside 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:27.360 with his presence, rebounding challenging shots. They turned the ball over, 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.080 had an opportunity to probably put a little bit more 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.360 distance between when they had a six point lead, maybe 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.479 could have pushed into eight to ten. But some turnovers 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.880 they got careless and you know, layups on the other end, 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:40.160 and so no, I think, Look, I think the Lakers 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.240 are gonna be fine. Do I think right now they 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:47.480 probably need another defender. They probably need another defender that 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.520 can depend on the perimeter because it seems like Vanderbilder 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:51.280 is out of the rotation. 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.120 Joe, Yeah, I know, I ain't seen him. 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:53.240 Man. 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:54.160 I like old Vendo. 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:55.960 I like his energy and ef that he bring to 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.440 the game, and it seemed like tonight they could have 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:00.080 used it. And I thought Marcus Smart came in and 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:05.640 gave him some some big minutes. But the Lakers gonna struggle. Man, 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:07.560 when you can't keep guys in front of you and 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.280 you keep getting your defense broke down and guys spreading 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.760 out for three throwing live shooting floaters, it's just that's 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:14.360 gonna be hard. 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:16.440 That's gonna be tough. It's gonna be tough to deal with. 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:21.000 So it's gonna be hard for also Joe because he 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.920 can't shoot the three. Because they're gonna come help off Lucas, 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.120 They're gonna come help off Reeve, They're gonna come help 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:28.440 off Bron. So when they swing it, do you see 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.560 how many open threes that Marcus Smart got? Yeah, when 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.200 they kept swinging, kept swinging, they kept swinging. You see 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.520 ruin open threes, open threes. 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:40.720 The Toronto game. What happened? They collapsed on bron ruin 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:44.160 wide open Marcus Smart? How many? I mean he he 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:44.640 came in. 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.200 I think he might have got ten or eleven three 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.920 point attempts and I'm not so sure any of them 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.400 was contested. So that's why it's gonna be hard for 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.600 Vando to play. Yeah, he's a he's a good wing 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.680 defender on ball defender. But if you can't shoot the three, 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.760 it's gonna be hard for you to get unless you're 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.679 eight d eight, unless you're eighting. 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:08.480 Everybody's gonna have to be able to shoot the three. 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.200 Yeah, it's it's it's just it's tough because they put 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:14.639 it puts so much pressure on the Lakers perimeter guys, 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:19.040 because Austin, Luca and Bron obviously all perimeter guys, and 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:21.920 they gotta be efficient, okay, oh Joe for them to 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.280 really look good. You know, they can't really you know, uh, 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.760 afford to you know, not have good nights because it's 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.479 gonna be nice like this where you don't really get 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.960 a lot of points in the paint and you can't 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.520 really depend on aiden like that. Since you know, obviously 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.800 Lebron's come back his you know, his production, his productivity 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.439 is gonna probably kind of the window a little bit, 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:41.680 you know. 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:46.520 Yeah, yeah, ideos he's not gonna get as many laws 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:48.840 from Luca. I mean, Lebron was looking for him a 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:53.040 little bit tonight. But hey, look, I expect longer they 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:54.960 can give us a look, I'm expecting somewhere if he 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.400 can give us fourteen to sixteen on the night, Joe 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.800 with a double figure rebounds. That's that's pretty much what 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.080 you can expect for him. Every once in a while 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.200 he'll surprise you and give you twenty four and twelve, 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:08.000 twenty four and fourteen. But that's not a normal occurrence. 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.640 I'm not really expecting. I'm not I'm not finna set 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.239 my clock by that now sitting the more people say 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.320 you can send your clock by it, no you can't, 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:22.399 No you can't. So look, I'm anxious to see what 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.879