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Speaker 1: Hmm. Welcome to the State of the Lakers post game spaces.

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys so much for coming to hang out

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Speaker 1: with Roger and I. It's funny we were planning, we

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Speaker 1: were texting earlier today because we have gone almost an

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Speaker 1: hour and a half and every single one of these

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Speaker 1: that we've done, and I was a complaining to Roge.

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Speaker 1: I was like, look, man, I'm getting old. I can't

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Speaker 1: stay up this late. We gotta find a way to

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Speaker 1: trim these down a little bit. So I was like,

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Speaker 1: let's go for forty minutes, and then the Lakers decided

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Speaker 1: to go to overtime and keep me up all night anyway.

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Speaker 1: But that was easily one of the stranger basketball games

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Speaker 1: that I can remember watching in a long time, just

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Speaker 1: seeing like a championship contender running their entire crunch time

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Speaker 1: offense through talent Horton Tucker to Julius Randall kind of

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Speaker 1: sort of outplaying Anthony Davis to Derrick Rose getting in

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Speaker 1: the time machine. There's a lot of stuff to get

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Speaker 1: into with this one. What was what was your first

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Speaker 1: initial impression, your first you know, if you had to

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Speaker 1: describe how you're feeling right now, what would you say,

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Speaker 1: Roger well, I guess first, I just want to give

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Speaker 1: that NIXT team credit mandate. They came out with physicality.

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Speaker 1: They were like the definition of what you talk about

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Speaker 1: a lot, right. It's like when you're physical early, it's

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Speaker 1: hard for really the rest to kind of determine what's

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Speaker 1: a foul or what's you just being super physical. So

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Speaker 1: credit to them. They played great. Julius Randall, I feel

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Speaker 1: like every shot he took I kind of wanted him

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Speaker 1: to take, Like he took those midrange kind of step

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Speaker 1: back jumper, those contested threes. So I credit to them.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, what a what a fight? What a This

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Speaker 1: felt like a playoff game, a super playoff game. Tough shots,

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Speaker 1: nothing easy, everything contested. Um, this type of games you

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Speaker 1: want to see before the playoffs start. It was good

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Speaker 1: to see a d even though he was missing his jumpers.

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Speaker 1: I thought he was still really impactful. Um they doubled

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Speaker 1: him super hard on every touch. Um he was playing

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Speaker 1: in a crowd in a phone booth the whole night.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I guess, Like my first initial thoughts are like,

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Speaker 1: these are the two best defenses in the league. Like,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's a coincidence. This was like a

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Speaker 1: I don't even think both teams scored a hundred and

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Speaker 1: even with finishing over time, I think the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: of the Lakers won a eighteen and fifteen. I was

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Speaker 1: kind of these two teams really defend, really get into it.

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Speaker 1: The Knicks really like cover the paint. I said that,

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Speaker 1: I tweeted that early, and They're going to really make

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Speaker 1: you take shots, make threes. They made the Lakers uncomfortable,

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Speaker 1: but it was this is a big win for the

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Speaker 1: eighty to kind of fight through. He could tell he

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Speaker 1: was kind of lingering at the end, but it was

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Speaker 1: a good win, really big win to to build off

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Speaker 1: the last one. Yeah, So let's let's start with Anthony

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Speaker 1: Davis because I thought it was an interesting night for

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Speaker 1: him in the sense that, like early on in the

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Speaker 1: first half, I felt like he looked great physically, Like

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Speaker 1: you know, I came into this night thinking the Lakers

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Speaker 1: were gonna lose, not because I don't believe in the

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Speaker 1: team or anything stupid like that, but just because the

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Speaker 1: Knicks are a really, really good defensive team and the

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Speaker 1: Lakers were down a lot of shot creation and it

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Speaker 1: was kind of going to be more or less similar

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Speaker 1: just you know, against the slightly more inferior offense. UM,

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Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, like that, they

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Speaker 1: kept themselves in the game with their defense. But I

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Speaker 1: expected Anthony Davis a struggle and he did making shots.

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Speaker 1: But I felt like, especially in the first half, he

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Speaker 1: I thought that that was encouraging. UM and the Nix

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Speaker 1: deserve a lot of credit for kind of taking some

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Speaker 1: tell there by the end of the game, like a D.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say he was being passive, because

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Speaker 1: I don't think that that's necessarily fair. You could just

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Speaker 1: really low. I think he was a double figure free

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Speaker 1: throws the last few games. And that kind of thing

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Speaker 1: he was getting fouled. But credit to the Knicks. They

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Speaker 1: They protect the paint really well. Um, so yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: what I thought of a D on the offensive, and

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Speaker 1: I thought his jumper wasn't going, which really hurt again

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Speaker 1: this next team, and you combine that, like this is

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Speaker 1: the worst team for me to not have any ball

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Speaker 1: It was kind of mirror of the Lakers, right, Like

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Speaker 1: No one what, no one's in a well Julius rounds.

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Speaker 1: I thought this was like a pretty clear game that

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Speaker 1: then again it's the alternative. What are you gonna do?

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Speaker 1: I want to say it was like six points in

432
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Speaker 1: the last seven minutes of the fourth quarter that allowed

433
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Speaker 1: them to send the game to overtime. And I thought

434
00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,920
Speaker 1: a big part of that was West's defense on Rose.

435
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,359
Speaker 1: And I think the two times he broke three were

436
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,440
Speaker 1: uh he made a floater over Wesley where West defended

437
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,879
Speaker 1: it perfect, like just bodied him the whole way. Um

438
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,640
Speaker 1: didn't foul there was you know, took it in, took

439
00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,040
Speaker 1: the jump in the chest, and he just made a

440
00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,639
Speaker 1: tough shot over the top. And then the three that

441
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,520
Speaker 1: Derrick Rose made in overtime was on a play where

442
00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,040
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis did his sloppy close out on on Julius

443
00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,280
Speaker 1: Randall and blew by him and West had to step

444
00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,679
Speaker 1: over and Derrick Rows ended up wide open. But a

445
00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,199
Speaker 1: big part of the reason why the Lakers won that

446
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,640
Speaker 1: game was Wesley Matthews defense on Derrick Rose in my opinion,

447
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,680
Speaker 1: and uh, and he deserves a lot of credit. But

448
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,680
Speaker 1: he's peaking. Is he looks great physically, he's starting to

449
00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,520
Speaker 1: knock down open threes. And then again, he's just that

450
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,080
Speaker 1: he's that stable force, that guy that you can count

451
00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,159
Speaker 1: on to fulfill his role as small as it is.

452
00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,800
Speaker 1: And and my my hope is that he will be

453
00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:29,560
Speaker 1: in the postseason rotation over th Ht when the time comes. Yeah,

454
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,520
Speaker 1: it was cool to see him and Kuzma kind of

455
00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,800
Speaker 1: going right. Kuzma I thought really saved him and that

456
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,280
Speaker 1: the first quarter, second quarter, I think he had like

457
00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,720
Speaker 1: sixteen points or something. He was the only one really

458
00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,919
Speaker 1: able to get any offense going. He was shooting. It

459
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,840
Speaker 1: was kind of cool to see like him and West.

460
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,280
Speaker 1: It feels like both of them are gonna be a

461
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,159
Speaker 1: big part of the playoffs. And we talked about in

462
00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,000
Speaker 1: the last last spaces that you can have enough wings

463
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,480
Speaker 1: right as cool to see the Lakers have two of

464
00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,639
Speaker 1: them going at least moving to the playoffs and then

465
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:56,000
Speaker 1: hopefully we get Lebron back tomorrow. I think you'd play

466
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,520
Speaker 1: again against Houston tomorrow. But it was cool to see

467
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,400
Speaker 1: him and and Kuzma. I think Kulin missed the last

468
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 1: game or and that he didn't play well in the

469
00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,000
Speaker 1: previous game against Portland, so he got his jumpers to go.

470
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,520
Speaker 1: Um and Yeah. I thought they really brought it tonight

471
00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 1: and the defense man just like against this this next team.

472
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,520
Speaker 1: I thought this was like a really huge win. It

473
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,920
Speaker 1: could be like a building win in my opinion. Um,

474
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,879
Speaker 1: I thought they could really easily just let it go.

475
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 1: But they were done. Yeah, they were down like nine

476
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,679
Speaker 1: or something. You could see I think they were down ten.

477
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:27,320
Speaker 1: You could just see like the fight kind of go

478
00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:29,520
Speaker 1: and then a few shots go in, a tip, a

479
00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,680
Speaker 1: tip goes in and h th hd F. I really

480
00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: brought that kind of energy as well on the fourth.

481
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,080
Speaker 1: I was just a really big win. Do you have

482
00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,720
Speaker 1: anything else from from tonight? Yeah, I mean you know

483
00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,760
Speaker 1: to to to go to the higher elevation to look

484
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: down on it, Like I agree, Like it was one

485
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,000
Speaker 1: of those games where when you're looking at the standings,

486
00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,160
Speaker 1: it wasn't really all that important. The Lakers are far

487
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,280
Speaker 1: more likely to end up in the seventh season anywhere

488
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 1: else and you could argue that that's where their best

489
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,159
Speaker 1: um to avoid the Clippers in the first round. And

490
00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 1: so it was one of those games where there was

491
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,320
Speaker 1: no reason in the world to push through even a

492
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,159
Speaker 1: D physically for him too, I think A D was

493
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,639
Speaker 1: being a little dramatic, uh there at the end of

494
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 1: that game with his uh physical wear and tear, because

495
00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:14,440
Speaker 1: under the circumstances, I really do think they would have

496
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,200
Speaker 1: benched him if it was something serious. Um that said, like,

497
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,639
Speaker 1: you know, the Lakers could have easily packed it in.

498
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,439
Speaker 1: A D could have packed it in, and and they

499
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 1: went for it, and uh, you know they're there at

500
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,840
Speaker 1: the end of the day, Like momentum does matter, confidence

501
00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:35,280
Speaker 1: does matter, and and I I think putting a little

502
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,879
Speaker 1: wind streak together like this at the end of the season,

503
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,600
Speaker 1: including it, it it looks like it'll be two wins against

504
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,360
Speaker 1: playoff teams. I think Houston, who were their last two,

505
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 1: I think they play like Cleveland and someone else so

506
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,120
Speaker 1: that they go on the road for their last two.

507
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,439
Speaker 1: But to get a couple of wins against playoff teams

508
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: like this without lebron um, we will give you that

509
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 1: confidence to know that that that you're you're capable of

510
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: going on a run and think they have a good

511
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 1: reason to feel confident moving forward. Yeah, I guess that's

512
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,640
Speaker 1: kind of the big kind of picture here. And we

513
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 1: we we thought Lebron would played tonight, and he was

514
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,359
Speaker 1: kind of like a late scratch during the day. But

515
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,159
Speaker 1: I just hope, like a d kind of keeps up

516
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 1: that aggressiveness that he was showing. I thought tonight he

517
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,080
Speaker 1: just got really tired. The names are super physical, and

518
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,159
Speaker 1: I thought that kind of brought him down. But just

519
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,920
Speaker 1: to keep that, keep that aggressiveness, keep his jump keep

520
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 1: shooting the jump shot even though it wasn't going. I

521
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 1: just want him to keep taking it. And with Lebron

522
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,960
Speaker 1: coming back, trying to fit fit him back into big

523
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 1: back into the team, the team can kind of get going.

524
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,640
Speaker 1: They play Houston, Indiana and the Pelicans to close it out, um,

525
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,239
Speaker 1: and I think this is a chance they can. They

526
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,640
Speaker 1: can definitely win out right. I think the Pelicans are hurt,

527
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,200
Speaker 1: the Pacers aren't playing great basketball, and the Rockets are

528
00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 1: are the Rockets, So it's a good time to kind

529
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,720
Speaker 1: of build going to the playoffs, Like a five game

530
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 1: win streak. I think that would be great no matter

531
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,359
Speaker 1: who they play. Um, I think they can jump to

532
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 1: the sixth seed or they can stay. I didn't realize

533
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,400
Speaker 1: there's still only a game back, but I guess those

534
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,760
Speaker 1: teams have the tiebreakers, so they're two games back. But

535
00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,679
Speaker 1: no matter what, you need, this team needs to like

536
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 1: look at themselves, right. I don't think they care anymore

537
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,200
Speaker 1: about looking at looking outside. And Lebron get back tomorrow,

538
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 1: that'd be awesome, kind of build some chemistry. They said,

539
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 1: Shoulder compartely maybe come back with the last two and

540
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 1: it looks like people are going at the right time.

541
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,679
Speaker 1: Hopefully Crusoe is not out for too long. I just

542
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 1: I just hope this team isn't through a radical for

543
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,560
Speaker 1: too long. Like we talked about it, how this team

544
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 1: has been all year. You get one guy back, you

545
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,199
Speaker 1: get one guy out, so you're basically just playing, like

546
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,120
Speaker 1: get playing a guessing game with how it's gonna look healthy. Um,

547
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: So hopefully we get Lebron back and you can kind

548
00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,480
Speaker 1: of pit back in th HD won't have to play

549
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: the Lebron role, and Shoulder can get back and just

550
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 1: get this team going with these last three games. Yeah,

551
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 1: ill with where we were when you and I did that,

552
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 1: spaces are first spaces, which I think was I can't

553
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,959
Speaker 1: remember when exactly it was, but um, with where we

554
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 1: were about a week and a half ago, in terms

555
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,159
Speaker 1: of the overall, you know, morale of the fan base

556
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,960
Speaker 1: and morale of the Walker room, they have to feel

557
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: a heck of a lot better going from Lebron basically

558
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 1: checking out because the ankle because he came back too

559
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: soon from his ankle, and Anthony Davis looking like an

560
00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,439
Speaker 1: absolute shell of himself, especially on the defensive end, and

561
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,520
Speaker 1: with all of the other injuries they were dealing with,

562
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: and the Dennis Shrewder COVID news man that was rock

563
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,880
Speaker 1: bottom and uh and to be where they are now

564
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,679
Speaker 1: with some really solid wins three straight or not three consecutive,

565
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,480
Speaker 1: but three wins in the last week and a half

566
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,919
Speaker 1: against against playoff teams like really good teams without Lebron,

567
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: and to kind of have the defense clicking again, I think,

568
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of reason to be optimistic.

569
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 1: But hey, let's get some Let's get some guests up

570
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 1: here for about fifteen minutes and then let's call it tonight.

571
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 1: Let's do it. Get your requestion, Let's see how long

572
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: when you go UM first one, I think was lows.

573
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,160
Speaker 1: I appreciate everyone that stayed in here after the game.

574
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,400
Speaker 1: We know it's late. Hey, what's up you guys, what's

575
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 1: going on? And now? Much so I just wanted to ask, like,

576
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 1: I think Jason basically test on this, but since A

577
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 1: d was like, look like he was like laboring at

578
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,679
Speaker 1: the end of that game, do you guys think he

579
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 1: said tomorrow or do you think he's gonna play? I

580
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: originally thought he was going to and then I think

581
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: I think it's possible that with the Banner Knight, that

582
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 1: he might push through and and play a little bit

583
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: um uh, you know he with with the with it

584
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: being against Houston, I wouldn't necessarily think it's all that

585
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: important for him to push, you know, exert himself major

586
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,640
Speaker 1: league tomorrow. But at the end of the day, like

587
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 1: you know, I would argue that with the reps with Lebron,

588
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: I would argue that it's important for him to play.

589
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 1: But at this point, with without it all just depends

590
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,000
Speaker 1: on how dramatic he was being. If he was being

591
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: super dramatic and he's not anywhere near as hurt as

592
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 1: he let it let us all to believe tonight, then

593
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: then he'll play. But but but if if he really

594
00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: is banged up, if he's got a mild growing strain,

595
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 1: which is what the broadcast keep kept asking about, then

596
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,639
Speaker 1: then then I I would hope that they would keep

597
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 1: him out. That's that's what I'm saying at this point.

598
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 1: I just want us to go into the playoffs healthy,

599
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,520
Speaker 1: regardless of where we're going to see because I feel

600
00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 1: like at this point, like whether we're their seventh or

601
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: the sixth seed, it's whatever tod me. At this point,

602
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 1: I really just want us to be healthy to even

603
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: have a shot at like actually advancing deeply to the playoffs.

604
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,159
Speaker 1: So that's why I was asking. I was hoping that

605
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: it wasn't like a serious thing, because I really didn't

606
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: look into it after the game. Yeah, A d kind

607
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 1: of scares all of us, like three times a game, right,

608
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: Like exactly, he falls like every other possession, and I

609
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: think he falls for like good reason. I think it's

610
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,959
Speaker 1: so he doesn't get hurt, right, I think that's how

611
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: they're kind of taught to fall. Yeah, exactly. I think

612
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: this Lakers team, if it's anything serious, even like ten

613
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: percent serious, he's gonna sit. In my opinion, that's just

614
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: how they've operated. I mean Lebron said tonight right um

615
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: and talked about it. He wanted to give it one

616
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 1: more day. So I don't think they'll push through it

617
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: at all. If you see ad he played tomorrow then

618
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: and he's fine. If he doesn't play, they're probably just

619
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: want to just don't take it too serious. I guess

620
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: they don't really care about the seating. That's how they

621
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: really operated. I think they're starting to take these games

622
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: more serious. They're being coached more serious. But I think

623
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: he'll he's not going to play if it's anything even close. Yeah,

624
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: I think they're about it, Yeah, definitely. I think they're

625
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: just treating these games like a tune up game right now.

626
00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 1: At least that's what it looks like. Just try to

627
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 1: get some sulf ready to play in the playoffs, especially

628
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,199
Speaker 1: because they gotta play the play and probably and they

629
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,080
Speaker 1: got to take that game seriously no matter what, even

630
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: if they get you tries, you don't want to risk it.

631
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 1: For all of you who play basketball that listen here,

632
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 1: any of you, even if it's just pick up like

633
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: sometimes when you play like a really physical game, or

634
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 1: if you go to a specific run where I don't

635
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: know if it's like older guys who tend to foul

636
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: a lot or whatever it is. When you play some

637
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 1: really physical basketball, sometimes it just beats the heck out

638
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: of here and you just got a bunch of bumps

639
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,439
Speaker 1: and bumps and bruises and you're just really sore the

640
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 1: next day. And so let's just hope it's that and

641
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,560
Speaker 1: that's something more serious. Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for

642
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 1: it too. Maybe he just got nicked in the leg

643
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,400
Speaker 1: or something and they just felt like a little bruiser

644
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: or something. But yeah, I just wanted to clarify that because,

645
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: like like I said, I just saw that like he

646
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Speaker 1: was they said, they mentioned the growing thing, but I

647
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: really didn't like follow up with it. I think you

648
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 1: should be fine though, hopefully, But like you said, the

649
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: rage he does scarce every time he falls. Yeah, he

650
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: does exactly. All right. Well, yeah, thank you guys. I

651
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Appreciated. Yeah, no worries. How do I say,

652
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: y'all could just send me down, I assumer I don't

653
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: know how to do that. I'll just leave. I'll just

654
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: leave you. Ah, he can can because he took off. Yeah. Yeah,

655
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,959
Speaker 1: are you there, Matt Or is it Matt, what's going

656
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: on there? Not much great win tonight. I think that

657
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 1: one of the things that was interesting about tonight for

658
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: me personally was the fact that it really did feel

659
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 1: like a playoff intensity game with playoff steaks. And I mean,

660
00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: like it's not obviously playoff takes us, but man, it

661
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: felt like it. And I think that that's super important

662
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: as a dress rehearsal too the actual playoffs and potentially

663
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: to play in. And I think it's really important for

664
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis to play through some some hard physical play. Um. Also, lastly,

665
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: shout out Drummond. I've been hard on Drummond for a

666
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: while now, but um, he really stepped up tonight. He

667
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: was awesome on the offensive board's really good protecting the

668
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:41,280
Speaker 1: him And uh, yeah, that's all. Just wanted to say

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Speaker 1: a couple of comments. Man, hey, dude, you're absolutely right

670
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: about the playoff intensity and how important that is. Like,

671
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,840
Speaker 1: you know, Roger and I were joking earlier earlier, like

672
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: it felt like the Lakers could have packed it in

673
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: a few times, and honestly, the reason why they did

674
00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 1: it is just that, like, I think it's super beneficial

675
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:05,479
Speaker 1: to get reps playing really intense playoff level basketball, because

676
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: then you're not shell shocked by it and you don't

677
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: dig yourself in a hole early in the series because

678
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: you're used to playing at a different intensity. Like I

679
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: I think that just like you were saying about a

680
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: d just like you were saying about the team. It

681
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: helps to identify the value of this type of game

682
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: and just try to win the damn thing so that

683
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 1: you can add it to your arsenal of confidence and

684
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: your arsenal of intensity, um, so that you're prepared to

685
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: make that adjustment when all of a sudden, ever game

686
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: is like that. Yep, Matt, I think you hit it

687
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: around the head like that. They needed to start playing

688
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 1: these games serious, not just from a players standpoint, from

689
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: a coaching standpoint as well, just with the lineups, and

690
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: it just feels like they're starting to really get serious.

691
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: And this was playoff intensity basketball, Like this is what

692
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: the playoffs looks like when it bogs down, right, You

693
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: don't get easy shots. Um, everything's tough, everything is physical.

694
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: They don't call everything, um the free Those aren't just

695
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: given right like that. The was the playoff level game

696
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: and they were able to pull it out without any

697
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: shock creation, which is great, and I think you're right, Drummond. Really,

698
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 1: I thought his physicality made a difference tonight. U. He

699
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: had a good game and it was a really good

700
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: test for the team. I think the Knicks are legit.

701
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 1: I don't think this is like a facade. I don't

702
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: think it's gonna go away in the playoffs. Like I

703
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: think they're legit defensive team. They know that they know

704
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: what they do, so getting a win on them is huge.

705
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think you're right. All right, Next we

706
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: got Merge. What's going on? Merge? Hear me, hear me,

707
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: we can hear I'm back. I had the I had

708
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: a couple of comments, uh the Drummond. On a second,

709
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,920
Speaker 1: what Matt said about Drummond. I thought this was his

710
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: best game as a as a laker. Um even more

711
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: so than that that that book, the bookly next game

712
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: where we blew them out. I thought it was big

713
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: that he was in the game down the stretch making

714
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,479
Speaker 1: big I clutch plays, often to rebounds, or was at

715
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: one beginning of overtime where he got a rebound and

716
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: came to the th HD in the corner for three. Um.

717
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: He made a bunch of those plays today and I

718
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: was really impressed. I think that's kind of the route

719
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 1: that you if Drummond is the main contributor in the playoffs,

720
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: that's where you want to see from him. Um. And second,

721
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 1: I just want to talk a little bit more about

722
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 1: th HD. RAJ knows how high I am on THHD

723
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: even t even coming out of the draft. Th h

724
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 1: D was one of my was a guy that I

725
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: was fine taking in like the lottery. Uh so I

726
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: was extremely high on th HD. I just want to

727
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: see where you guys stand as th HT as like

728
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 1: his his highest ceiling outcome. Where do you guys think

729
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: that that lands for him? Just from what you've seen

730
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: so far and just what he can improve on the

731
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: easiest Where do you guys see he can be as

732
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: like best case scenario? I remember, I remember before this season,

733
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: I asked your I'm just share with everyone here, like

734
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: what is th HD's outlook? And you said all star?

735
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: And I thought you were crazy. Um, I remember, even

736
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 1: but but I can I mean, I don't know if

737
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: you'll get there, but I think he's gonna be really good.

738
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 1: Like he look doesn't look scared. Um, he's a really

739
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: good Uh he can be a really good shot. Creator,

740
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: and he looks comfortable taking shots off the dribble. Um.

741
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's three point shot will get

742
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: to where it needs to go, but he looks awesome.

743
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: I think I'm higher on him than you aren't, right, Jason,

744
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 1: But I think he's great. I don't know if you

745
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: can just give him the ball every time down the

746
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 1: down the floor in the future, but he's looking like

747
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: he's going into that kind of archetype where he can

748
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: play it that way. My criticism is not of th HD,

749
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 1: it's of the Lakers and how much they've leaned on him. Um.

750
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: I do think it will pay off in the long run.

751
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: I'm a believer in the reps. I just think strategically

752
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: within the lens of trying to win right now, I

753
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: thought they've leaned on him a little too much. That's

754
00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: just my opinion. However, I am a huge believer in

755
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 1: th HD. And you know it's funny, I've always the

756
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 1: compent everyone throws out there is Eric Gordon. I've kind

757
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: of come around on that more towards ironically the player.

758
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: He reminds me that most of his Dwyane Wade, and

759
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 1: obviously he's not going to be a Superstars One Finals

760
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: MVP in his early twenties. But what th Hd is

761
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,439
Speaker 1: is he's this relentless slasher with extremely strong legs who

762
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 1: can take these big lunging steps into the paint, and

763
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 1: his his jump shot game kind of reminds me of

764
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: d Wade to where like his percentages are never really

765
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: going to pan out too much, but like he's got

766
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: all of the jump shot moves in the bag. Like

767
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: the you know, the game winner tonight was like off

768
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: the dribble, Uh, there's a little bit of a screening

769
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: action with a d that that Derrick Rose gets caught on.

770
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 1: He gets a little bit of separation and he just

771
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 1: takes a hard dribble to his left and elevates and

772
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: knocks down at three. Or the shot that he made

773
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: at the start of overtime where he kind of ran

774
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: into the corner. He's got step backs, he's got spinning moves,

775
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: he's got one leg fade away. It's like he's that

776
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,959
Speaker 1: is the kind of thing that reminds me of Dwyane Wade,

777
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: because that was the Dwayne had experience was, you know,

778
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: percentage wise, he was never a great jump shooter, but

779
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: everybody knew that like if if his team needed shot,

780
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 1: he could go get one and and uh and his

781
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: career highlight tape is full of him making those types

782
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: of plays. And you know, so that's what I kind

783
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 1: of see him as his d Wade light. Just a

784
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 1: relentless rim attacker who was capable of some playmaking and

785
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: will never be a good percentage shooter, but can can

786
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: get to a lot of shots, and to me, that

787
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 1: can be an all star. And and to be honest,

788
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: it's up to him because he certainly has the physical

789
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: tools and I thought I was high on him, and

790
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 1: he just compared him to Dwayne Wade sent it's not

791
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: even the offense for me that I think I see

792
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,439
Speaker 1: him as like like making it this high value guy.

793
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: I really think that there's a lot of unpapped potential defensively.

794
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: Obviously the arms that he has UH help a lot,

795
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: but I think he's a lot he's smarter on that,

796
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: and then some people give him credit for um. Obviously

797
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: the off ball stuff isn't great, but there aren't a

798
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: ton of twenty year older rookies that are great at

799
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 1: off ball defense unless you're some historically great defender your

800
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 1: first year, like i'nna teasetyble or something like that. Uh,

801
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: but I think that it it changes his outcome to

802
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: like a good like score, to like a guy who

803
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: you can really trust in all facets of the game. Yeah,

804
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 1: it's his wingspan really comes into play. I thought to

805
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,600
Speaker 1: not even he created like some turnovers on the Knicks

806
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: when they trapped, and he really fits that like trapping

807
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,879
Speaker 1: scheme as well. I think Vogel even said he has

808
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: like more defensive potential than offensive potential just from like

809
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: his his week span and everything. And yeah, I think

810
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,720
Speaker 1: he has better instincts. You're right. He makes like young mistakes,

811
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: which I think I'm fine with. Like I don't expect

812
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 1: him to be able to defend great in like a

813
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,799
Speaker 1: playoff series any any of that. But yeah, I think

814
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna be really good. And just touch on your

815
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: drumming point, I think you're right, Like I just wish

816
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: you when he got offensive rebound, he kicked it out

817
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 1: every time, right, Like I just wish he did that

818
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: instead of putting it up. But you can't really be picky,

819
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: but five offensive rebounds, it was definitely his best game

820
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 1: other than maybe the Brooklyn game. Maybe that was like

821
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: the second second best game from him, But tonight he

822
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: had some good kickout passes and it feels like he

823
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:14,760
Speaker 1: can make those when he wants to. He just decided

824
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: sometimes to go up against three people. But I thought

825
00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: he was good tonight. Defensively, talent Horton Tucker had some

826
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: ridiculous rotations and at the end of overtime when the

827
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: Lakers would send doubles or heavily shade towards Julius Randall,

828
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: his closeouts are like when THHD is doing his job. Defensively,

829
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,919
Speaker 1: it's kind of frightening because his clothes outs he comes

830
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: in super low, but he's got those super long arms

831
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: and he can beat you the spots. And I agree.

832
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: I think I think he's got uh all world defensive

833
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: potential on top of whatever you get out of him offensively. Yeah, definitely,

834
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: really guys, thanks for having me on again again. Thanks man.

835
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 1: Yeah for sure out one more is you can get

836
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,359
Speaker 1: your re question. We've got one more left here? Yes,

837
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: all right, one more and then we'll call it tonight

838
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 1: and then we'll be back tomorrow. Yea timid, timid dial.

839
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: What's going on? I hope I ain't Bucher. That looks

840
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 1: like it's connecting here, big guys. Okay, yeah, what's going on?

841
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: And so much so this is Die from Nigeria, big fan.

842
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: So M I just want to ask a question. So

843
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: should them lackas be worried about them? Draymond Stephan the

844
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: Warriors if we're finishing seventh seas, which looks likely, That's

845
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 1: the question I want to ask. So this matchup has

846
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: been on my mind literally NonStop over the last few days.

847
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: It's a super super interesting matchup because the Warriors have

848
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: been playing really well for a long time. They've won

849
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 1: six of their last seven games. I saw someone tweeted

850
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 1: today that since they ditched Wiseman from the rotation, they've

851
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 1: been like the third best team in the league by

852
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: that painting. Um, so they're in there, are top five defense,

853
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: and they have arguably the best player in the world

854
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,280
Speaker 1: if you ask someone in the Bay, although most people

855
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: out of the outside of the Bay would probably disagree

856
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,839
Speaker 1: with you, but the point is is they they are,

857
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Speaker 1: without a doubt, a dangerous opponent that should be respected

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Speaker 1: and and um someone that I hope the Lakers are

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00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: taking very seriously. The one game setting thing is super

860
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: tricky because of the high variants of the way that

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00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: Steph plays, and because the Lakers have a tendency to

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00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: have nights where they go very cold, I tend to

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00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 1: think that that, you know, seven game series, I would

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Speaker 1: pick the Lakers oncent of the time as and I

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Speaker 1: would You could play that series a hundred times, and

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Speaker 1: I think the Lakers win every single one of them

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00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: because I think they're equipped to take advantage of all

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00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: of the different chess moves that take place in a

869
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: playoff series and beat a team like that. But in

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00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:01,720
Speaker 1: a one game setting, I give them roughly a chance

871
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: because they defend and because they have to and and

872
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 1: in that type of environment, anything could happen. However, I

873
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 1: do believe the Lakers will win. And the reason why

874
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: it's very simple. They're really good at defending guards like this.

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00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: They didn't do a great job of it tonight and

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00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: they let Derrick Rose get going. But KCP is an

877
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: extremely gifted lock and trail defender. That makes him a

878
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: very good Steph Curry defender. And when you couple that

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00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 1: with the Lakers ability to trap and recover the way

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00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 1: they did against Dame and the way they did against

881
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,399
Speaker 1: James Harden and the way they did against Jamal Murray

882
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: in the playoffs last year. We know that they're defensively

883
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: built for this type of matchup. My guess is that

884
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: if they played that Steph would have a rough night

885
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: and that the Lakers would win by twenty plus. I

886
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 1: really do believe that. However, I do think that there's

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00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: a legitimate chance that it could be close and roughly

888
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 1: a twenty chance that the Warriors could pull it out,

889
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,480
Speaker 1: and I hope that the Lakers take that match up

890
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: very serious. Yeah, I think you always have to respect staff,

891
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: But I mean when they played this year, the Lakers

892
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: blew them out by over twenty twice, and that was

893
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: without Anthony David Um even them out. Yeah, they were

894
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,720
Speaker 1: up and just decided to stop playing Um the beginning

895
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 1: of the year. I just think they can't handle the size.

896
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: They just don't have enough UM. And I think the

897
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:21,879
Speaker 1: Lakers are probably the best. I think you would agree

898
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: with me, Jason. They're like the best trapping team in

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00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: the league, and they're really good when they were able

900
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: to do that and just build a lot of chaos,

901
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,839
Speaker 1: and then they'll really get into Steph, make him try

902
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 1: to make passes over the top, really make guys like

903
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: Draymond Andrew Wiggins, UM, all those other guys make make

904
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 1: jump shots, and I just don't think they'd be able

905
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: to make up. I think it's a little high for me.

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00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: I just don't see them even in a one game sample.

907
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,319
Speaker 1: Obviously staff can go crazy and hit like their team

908
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: threes or something, UM, but you can do that against

909
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: anyone any night. So but I just think they don't

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00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 1: have the the size or the requis in talent people

911
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:54,839
Speaker 1: to keep up with the Lakers, who are the best

912
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 1: defense in the league and blew them out twice without

913
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 1: their best defender UM, And I just think they have

914
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: a size issue, they have a talent issue. And Lebron

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00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: James and a D. I feel like we'll be pretty

916
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: serious in one game sample. I don't think they're gonna

917
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: take that lightly either, and they just have a matchup

918
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: for either. I think Andrew Wiggins has been great this

919
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: year on defense, UM, but he just he can't guard

920
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,760
Speaker 1: Lebron or a D and any kind of matchup. Draymond

921
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: does a nice job on him, nice job on a D.

922
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: But I just don't that the size is too much

923
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: rebounding and they wouldn't be able to they would be

924
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: able to get shots that they want. KCP Caruso. Guys

925
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 1: like that really good at chasing around screens making stuff.

926
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: At least work, that's all you can do. I think

927
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 1: that would be enough to kind of make that a

928
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 1: easy win in the plane. Yep, I agree. It's it's

929
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 1: a textbook anything gonna happen type of game. I think

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00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 1: the Lakers are really better, um, but but you know

931
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Speaker 1: I I definitely think they're an opponent that should be respected.

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Speaker 1: All right, thanks for having that. Thank you, all right, everybody,

933
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Speaker 1: thank you so much for taking time to hang out

934
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Speaker 1: with us after the game tonight. We're are Roger and

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Speaker 1: Ice playing from neuron outus to do one of these

936
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Speaker 1: after every single game and hopefully that means a couple

937
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:08,720
Speaker 1: more months. Hopefully not a much shorter time frame than that. However,

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Speaker 1: we really appreciate you guys. We're gonna I'm gonna immediately

939
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Speaker 1: transcribe this into the screen recording into a podcast and

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00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 1: I will tweet it out to you guys. Um, we

941
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:24,320
Speaker 1: will see you tomorrow night after hopefully Lebron James returning

942
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: and looking like Lebron James. But Roger got anything else

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Speaker 1: before we go it's it man. Thanks a good for everyone.

944
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 1: We know it's late, so I appreciate everyone hanging out

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Speaker 1: and uh staying after the game.