1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, Well, good to hoops to night. 2 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: You're at the volume. Happy Thursday, everybody hopeful, if you 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: guys are having an incredible week. Well, we were supposed 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: to be going live after the game tonight for this 5 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: big showdown between the Lakers and the Thunder, but to 6 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: be one hundred percent honest with you guys, I didn't 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: feel like waiting through the rest of that game after 8 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 1: what we saw in that first half, as the Lakers 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: just completely decompose at the start, the Thunder completely dominate 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: in every facet of the game. It's a complete and 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: total destruction. And then it looks like Luca might have 12 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: heard his hamstring, which is obviously a bummer on several levels. 13 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: Knowing you want to see the Shaver's Luca thing a 14 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: full You want to see them both at full strength, 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: be able to compete against each other, and it's just 16 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,920 Speaker 1: that Luca has been kind of favoring the hamstring for 17 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: a while. At various points he looked like he had 18 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: been doing better for the last few games. But we 19 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: don't obviously have any details on the severity of that injury. 20 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: But let's hope that Luca's doing okay. We're just gonna 21 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: briefly talk about the game from the perspective of both teams. 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: I do want to talk a little bit about Shavers 23 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: Luca and just some of the differences between the two 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: of them as players. Again, we don't have any information 25 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: on the injury, so I'm not gonna pontificate on that 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: at this point. But we'll talk about the game, talk 27 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: a little bit about those two players, and then we'll 28 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: get out of here for the night. You guys are 29 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: the Joe. Before we get started, subscribe to the Hoops 30 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: and in O YouTube channels. 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All right, let's talk some basketball. 37 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: So I had jokingly dubbed this as the Shaver's Luca 38 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: Bowl because obviously, Shae Gilders Alexander has been basically the 39 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: best player in the world all season, and Luka Doncic 40 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: has been the best player in the world post All 41 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: Star Break, and so it was an opportunity for both 42 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: guys to come into this major national TV stage, a 43 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: game where both teams really need the win for various reasons. 44 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City is trying to stave off a run from 45 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: San Antonio for the number one overall seed, and trust me, 46 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 1: I know Oklahoma City wants that number one overall seed. 47 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 1: They've got some problems with San Antonio and they would 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: probably like to have home court advantage for that specific matchup. 49 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: And then on the Lakers front, they're dealing with the 50 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: exact same thing with Denver. Denver is hot on their heels. 51 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: They're probably not going to lose the rest of this season, 52 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: and so it's very important for the Lakers to win 53 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: basically all but two games the rest of the season 54 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: in order to maintain that three seed, get hopefully a 55 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 1: better first round matchup, and try to avoid what happened 56 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: tonight as a second round matchup if they were to 57 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: slip to the four seats. So very important game, but 58 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: also had that subplot of the Shaver's Luca piece, and 59 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: funny enough, like I don't even think I don't even 60 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: think the Shaver's Luca thing was a story at first 61 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: Luca was horrible in the first quarter. He was one 62 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: for six from the field with two turnovers. Shay was 63 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: a little better. He had some nice kickout passes and 64 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 1: scored the basketball if more times, but he took ten 65 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 1: shots in the first quarters, really forcing the issue. I 66 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: didn't think Shay was spectacular in the first quarter, even 67 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: if I thought he was better than Luca. The story 68 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: of the game was Oklahoma City's defense, coupled with some 69 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: red hot shooting, just completely caused the Lakers to decompose. 70 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: Coming into the game, I had two main worries. I 71 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: was texting with a former college coach of mine before 72 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: the game today, and he actually used to coach Jaxe 73 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: Landenborg over at Arizona Western, and so him and I 74 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: were just kind of shooting the shit talking about Yaxelin, 75 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: just what we saw for him in the NBA, and 76 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: he goes like, hey, dude, what are you What are 77 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: your thoughts on the Lakers thunder game tonight? Like what 78 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: are you looking at in that matchup? And I just 79 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,839 Speaker 1: told him I was like, my two main concerns are 80 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves handling ball pressure against Oklahoma City. He's struggled 81 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: in those two matchups this season and DeAndre Ayden, who's 82 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: been playing really well versus the versus everybody really for 83 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: the most part over the course of this post All 84 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: Star Break stretch. But this is kind of another level, 85 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: a different type of opponent. I wanted to see how 86 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton would play tonight. That was kind of my 87 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: thoughts that I relayed. A shout out of coach Carter 88 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: Row did an amazing job a coaching me back in 89 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: the day and still is doing an amazing job to 90 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: this day. But those were my thoughts coming into this game. 91 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: And we had four Austin Reeves turnovers in his first 92 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: shift and DeAndre Ayton drops back to back perfect drop 93 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: off passes from Luka Doncic and Lebron James underneath the 94 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: basket because I don't know if he just was just 95 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: asleep or what was going on. He looked completely unprepared. 96 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: He had a couple of plays too where he just 97 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: got like beat to position by Isaiah Hartenstein inside for 98 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds, and he was just completely asleep. Austin looked 99 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: completely caught off guard and unprepared for the intensity from 100 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City, and it was, you know, first it was 101 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: nine to two, and then it was fourteen to four. 102 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: Next thing, you know, it's forty one to twenty one. 103 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: Next thing, you know what was it forty five to 104 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 1: twenty one at the end of the first quarter. And 105 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: that's where you really can you know, there's there's multiple 106 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: phases to that collapse there the first part of it. 107 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: And I've talked about this a lot with Oklahoma City 108 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: Shake Gilders. Alexander has ascended to being potentially the best 109 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: player in the league. I do think he's the best 110 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: player in the league right now. But Oklahoma City had 111 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: a star before the star, a star before Shay, and 112 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: that was their defense. Their defense has this ability to 113 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: dislodge you from your foundation. Those are you guys who 114 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,679 Speaker 1: listened to our Lakers Collective podcast with me and Trevor 115 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: Lane in Yovan Buja. We talked a lot about that 116 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: in the Wednesday show. If you guys remember, they were like, 117 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: what are you looking for? On Wednesday? I don't have 118 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: any delusions of Granger. I know the Lakers are playing 119 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: better basketball. I don't think they're better than Oklahoma City. 120 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: Hell no, you guys saw my contender rankings that we 121 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: did last week. I had Oklahoma City in a tier 122 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: by themselves at the top of the league. I think 123 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: they're going to win the championship again this year, So 124 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: obviously I viewed Oklahoma City as the superior team in 125 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: a must win game. Not must win, but a very 126 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: important game for both teams in Oklahoma City, where both 127 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: teams are going to be playing most of their best 128 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: guys and trying their hardest to win. I expected Oklahoma 129 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: City to win. But what I was looking for from 130 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers is at least the ability to compete. The 131 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: ability for them not the specific phrase I used in 132 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: the Wednesday show and Lakers collective was I want to 133 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: see them not get dislodged from their foundation. I wanted 134 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: to see them on offense be able to generally get 135 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: into their stuff. Obviously, you're not gonna score as effectively 136 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: as you do is against the Brooklyn Nets, right, but like, 137 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: can you handleball pressure? Can you get into your sets? 138 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: Can you generate kind of the same types of shots 139 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: that you usually get for yourself. That's what I was 140 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: looking for on offense and on defense. Can you just compete? 141 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: I knew that what JJ Redick's game plan would likely 142 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 1: be is a lot of gapping on ISOs at the top, 143 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: a lot of strong side zone on ISOs on cleared side, 144 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: and a lot of straight up zone that they would 145 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: mix in, basically a bunch of gimmicky stuff to try 146 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: to make life hard on shape. Right. We knew that 147 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: that's what they were going to do, and that is 148 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: more or less what they did. So we knew that 149 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City was probably gonna get some open threes. That's fine, 150 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: and whether or not they go in that's part of basketball. 151 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: Jackson texted me during the game and he was absolutely right. 152 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 1: He's like, Hey, if they can just hang around here, 153 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City's not gonna shoot this well the rest of 154 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: the game. And they might not have had the Lakers 155 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: been able to hang onto the rope and stay attached 156 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: to their execution on both ends of the floor. Keep 157 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: playing Laker basketball, weather the storm. All of a sudden, 158 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: you're down fifteen instead of twenty four, and then you 159 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: hit a couple of threes and it's nine and you 160 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: have yourself a different basketball game. You put the pressure 161 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: back on them, right, But that's not what happened. That's 162 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: what Oklahoma City did in this game, which is the 163 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: most important piece of all of this, and they have 164 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: done this time and time again over the years, even 165 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: two great teams. We've seen Oklahoma City dislodge Indiana from 166 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: their foundation. In Game seven, we saw them dislodge Denver 167 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,679 Speaker 1: from their foundation. In Game seven. We saw them tonight 168 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: again just knock the Lakers completely off of their foundation, 169 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: and then they lost their composure. That's the key. That's 170 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: when you start to see everything start fall off, like 171 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,679 Speaker 1: weird shots. Luca started taking some really weird, high difficulty shots, 172 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: like silly turnovers, easy misses around the basket. Then you 173 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: started to see the effort slip on defense. How many 174 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: times did you see the Lakers just get out scrapped 175 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: to loose balls, them giving up open threes and lou 176 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: Dort making every damn shot he takes. That's kind of 177 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: the risk you take when you load up on shake yild, 178 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: justs Alexander, that's not even really a Lakers problem, that's 179 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: problem for just about everybody in the league. It's like 180 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: there's not really anybody out there that's guarding Oklahoma City 181 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: without leaving lou Dort open to take some shots. And 182 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: there were some even some semi contested ones that he 183 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: made right but getting beat to loose balls, like not 184 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: securing the basketball in traffic when there's some sort of 185 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: contested rebound situation, and failing to bring the ball up 186 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: the court, like Luca just gets stripped by caseon Wallace 187 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: out by half court, like Luka Dancic doesn't seal lou 188 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: Dort on the left elbow on a horn set and 189 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: Austin ends up throwing a pick six to him. Like 190 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: that's all just like basic execution stuff. One of the 191 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: things I want to talk about with Oklahoma City's defense 192 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: I thought was fascinating tonight was I thought their speed 193 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: really was on display. When you talk about the Lakers 194 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: and some of the struggles they've had against ball pressure 195 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: over the course of this like post All Star break stretch, 196 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: it's usually stemmed around like big physical defenders like kind 197 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: of get up underneath them, and it's a lot of 198 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: like physical ball pressure. There were a couple examples of that, 199 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: right Like Luca did give up that turnover to Case 200 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: and Wallace that was more of a physical ball pressure 201 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: type of sequence. The one where lou Dort jumped to 202 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: the high post entry to Luca that was more of 203 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: a physical ball pressure type of sequence. But There were 204 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: a lot of turnovers that the Lakers had tonight that 205 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: had to do with not necessarily ball pressure, but them 206 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: throwing the ball into passing lanes. But there's a recovery 207 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 1: that they weren't expecting, Like Austin tries to hit a 208 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: role man and throws the ball right into lou Dort's 209 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: hands because he doesn't anticipate his speed. There was an 210 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,559 Speaker 1: Austin Lebron two man game on the right wing where 211 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: Jadab made an amazing kind of rotation back into the 212 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: pocket pass and got the steal. That was speed. Speed 213 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: was on display, even just like in defensive rotation situations. 214 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: They forced a couple of what looked like open shots 215 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: for Luke Canard into shots where Luke kind of got 216 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: sketchy with his form because of the speed of the closeout. 217 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: Ruey Hachimura had one on the left wing where Lebron 218 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: was dribbling. On the right wing, shake Gildas Alexander is 219 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: gapping on Lebron, so he's kind of splitting the difference. 220 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: Lebron throws a simple swing pass, Ruby goes right up 221 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 1: into the shot. Shay just flies back into the play. 222 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: It gets an awesome contest Ruey ends up getting squirrely 223 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: with his release and throws up an absolute brick almost 224 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: puts a hole in the backboard. There was just a 225 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: really impressive show of speed from Oklahoma City's defense tonight 226 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: that was just way too much for the Lakers to handle. 227 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: And again, like before you talk about anything else about 228 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: this matchup, if you want to talk about, like can 229 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: lou Door guard Luca over a seven game series or 230 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: can the Lakers you know, force the Thunder into the 231 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: right kinds of shooters taking shots in enough misses and 232 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: secure enough rebounds for them to get you know, the 233 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: right defensive rating to compete in this matchup, before you 234 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: get into any sort of like that kind of stuff, like, oh, 235 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: like Lebron, there was a play where he posts up 236 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,599 Speaker 1: aj Mitchell on the right block and he kind of 237 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: backs him down and gets chet Holmer going to step 238 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: over throes an easy bounce past the DeAndre and the lane, 239 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: easy little floater right like a little kind of classic 240 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: tee up spacing sequence from DeAndre and in front of 241 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: the rim. Like all that stuff is fun little chess 242 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: chess match pieces that you can get into for a 243 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: potential playoff series between the Lakers and the Thunder, but 244 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: none of it matters. If they just get so badly 245 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: dislodged from their foundation that they just piss down their 246 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: leg and fall apart, none of it matters. And so like, look, 247 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: the Lakers are gonna get another shot against the Thunder, 248 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: and I do think that they'll play much better in 249 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: the next one. That one is in Los Angeles. You know, 250 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: the Thunder sent a big message tonight. We'll talk about 251 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: that in just a second. But like the Lakers, you know, 252 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: the Thunder, it's a little bit harder to recapture that 253 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 1: same energy when you got to do it again. We've 254 00:11:58,360 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: talked about this before. It's hard to beat the same 255 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: twice in a row, regardless of what the circumstances are. 256 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: The Lakers will be at home, so they'll have better energy. 257 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: The Lakers got absolutely embarrassed tonight, so I'm sure they'll 258 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: be out to try to rectify some bit of dignity 259 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: after what happened tonight. Right, So they're gonna have another 260 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: shot in that game in Los Angeles, which at some 261 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: point in the next week or so, I can't remember 262 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: exactly what the day is. I think it's like in 263 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 1: less than a week. But the bottom line is, if 264 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: they can't stay in their foundation, none of it matters. 265 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: What does that mean for the Lakers Handling ball, pressure, 266 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: getting into your sets, generating the typical types of shots 267 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 1: that you do. Oklahoma City is gonna be super intense. 268 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: That means some of those shots are gonna miss that 269 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: you'd make against lesser teams. But you gotta be able 270 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: to get into your stuff on offense and on defense. 271 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to concede stuff because you're at personnel disadvantages, 272 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: but you're gonna have to be able to secure defensive rebounds. 273 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to fight a little bit harder on ball. 274 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: There's gonna have to be extra efforts, all the stuff 275 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: that led the Lakers to being a pretty damn good 276 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: defense over this post All Star Break stretch. So number 277 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: one thing for the Lakers as they head into this 278 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: rematch here in the next week is they've got to 279 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: stay on their foundation. 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So I was actually talking 313 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: about this concept with Carter Rodriguez in the cavspot that 314 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: we did on Wednesday, and the difference between like, you know, 315 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: the when you have your first regular season where you 316 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: kind of become aware of how good you are as 317 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: a basketball team, and you become very focused on a 318 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: night in, night out based on demonstrating that, and that's 319 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: when you can really rip off a really high wind tobals. 320 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: Even this Oklahoma City Thunder team, like I think even 321 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: with the injury issues that they've had. I think this 322 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: is a better Thunder team than last year, just because 323 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: Shay is so much better. There's been a bunch of 324 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: internal improvement down the line. But the reality is is 325 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: that they already went through an entire seventy eighty two 326 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: game campaign. They've already hoisted the trophy. They don't really 327 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: have a ton to prove over the course of this 328 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: regular season. And so one of the things that I 329 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: thought was fascinating about this game was I feel like 330 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City, and I've seen this at various points over 331 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: the years, I feel like teams like this have a 332 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: punch that they can throw that they might only throw 333 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 1: like ten times over the course of an eighty two 334 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: game season, whereas like last year, Oklahoma City's clearly trying 335 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: to prove themselves. There's a level of intensity on an 336 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: every single night type of basis. That's not to say 337 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: that Oklahoma City hasn't played hard all season, but there's 338 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: been like a clear level that they can get to 339 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: that we haven't seen for the tirty of this eighty 340 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: two game schedule. And it felt very much like tonight 341 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: the Thunder wanted to send a message. It felt like 342 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: they were like, Hey, we're gonna bring our absolute a 343 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: game tonight. We're gonna throw our very best punch. Let's 344 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: see what you've got. And it just completely knocked the Lakers, 345 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: like we mentioned, off their foundation and they completely decompose. 346 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: And it was just a reminder of you know, as 347 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: we look at everything, as we look at metrics, and 348 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: as we look at the standings, and it can kind 349 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: of look like Oklahoma City's up there, but they're only 350 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: kind of up there. The truth of the matter is 351 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: there's more that they can get to if they were 352 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: san Antonio is very much in that phase right now. 353 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: They're trying to prove everything that they can do in 354 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: this eighty two game schedule, and so they've been able 355 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: to hang tight. But like one of the reasons why 356 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: I've had Oklahoma City and a tier by themselves in 357 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: the contender rankings despite the issues that they've had with 358 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: san Antonio. Don't get me wrong, they've got issues with 359 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: san Antonio they'll have to figure out. But I do 360 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: think that this Oklahoma City team has a level they 361 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: can get to that they haven't shown consistently this season. 362 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: They show it tonight. That was a sight to behold 363 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: quick thoughts on the Lakers. Again, My main concerns as 364 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,239 Speaker 1: I move forward with them. I know, I like, if 365 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: Luca's healthy, We'll see what happened with Luca, if he's 366 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: able to if that was more of like a minor 367 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: tweak and he's out for a couple of weeks, or 368 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: if it's something more serious. We obviously don't know any 369 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: of those details at this point, but like, I know 370 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: that Luca's capable of playing better than he did tonight. 371 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: I think Austin is, Like the main two things that 372 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: I come back to are like, Austin's got to figure 373 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: out how to play in this type of matchup. You know, 374 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: regardless of what happens this season, he's gonna get extended. 375 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: He's gonna get a new deal with the Lakers that's 376 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: a long term, very expensive deal, and he's gonna be 377 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 1: Luca's running partner for probably a very long time. And 378 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: with that being the case, guess what, Like, you're gonna 379 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: have to contend with Oklahoma City every year, You're gonna 380 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: have to contend with San Antonio every year. Houston's not 381 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: going anywhere. They're gonna do something this offseason. They'll get 382 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: a fire fight Vleep back. Houston's gonna be a factor 383 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: next season. You know, we're gonna cut the Utah Jazz 384 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,639 Speaker 1: are gonna into the equation. The West is gonna keep 385 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: getting better. But most importantly, Oklahoma City and San Antonio 386 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: are your two main rivals at the top of the conference. 387 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: Austin's going to have to figure out a way to 388 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: be impactful and less mistake prone in these types of 389 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: matchups if the Lakers are going to reach their ultimate goals. 390 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,919 Speaker 1: And then lastly, DeAndre Ayton, this is more of a 391 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: thing for this year, Like when when you get into 392 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: these into the playoffs, you know they're not always gonna 393 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: feel like Oklahoma City and what they did tonight, but 394 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: there's a certain amount of like, this is what playoff 395 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: basketball is. Like. It's super intense, it's super physical. Everyone's 396 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: playing super hard. You can't be sleepy, you can't be 397 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: sleep walking through the beginning of that game. And so 398 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: that was really concerning for me because I wanted to 399 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: see eight and just kind of like show more of 400 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: a competitive force of will and a preparedness to deal 401 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: with the intensity of that situation. All right, going into 402 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: the Shaye Luca piece and again, like, let's hope lucas okay, 403 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 1: And that's a whole other subplot here that is separate 404 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: from anything that I'm about to talk about. But when 405 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: we talk about Shaye and Luca at their best, I've 406 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: been on the record I think that Luca when he's 407 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: at his best, when he has his step back three going, 408 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: when he's playing hard on defense, when he's limiting his turnovers, 409 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: I think that's the best player in the world. Why 410 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: Because you get the nuclear upside of Steph Curry style, 411 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: high volume thirty point shooting. You get the bully ball 412 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: around the basket stuff that you get from Nikole Jokich 413 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: and the short range shot making from Nikola Jokic. You 414 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: get the mid range shot making that you get from Shae. 415 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: You get elite defensive rebounding and enough positional defense to 416 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: be a guy that can be a part of an 417 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: elite defense. You get enough from Luca when he's at 418 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: his best that he is arguably the best player in 419 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: the world when he's when he's in that kind of 420 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: like frame of success in every phase of his game. 421 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: But one of the consistent things that I've said over 422 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: the course of the season is that his floor is 423 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: consistently lower than the other stars in that top tier. 424 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: We're looking at Wemby, We're looking at Shae, We're looking 425 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: at Yo Gets, We're looking at Luca. And the reason 426 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: why is because he can be a little turnover prone. 427 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: He relies heavily on the three point shots. So if 428 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: the three point shots not falling, which guess what, the 429 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: three point shot just naturally comes with more variants. Steph 430 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: Curry is the greatest shooter of all time, and he 431 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: has been susceptible to like an NBA Finals game where 432 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: he can't make a three. Three point shooting naturally comes 433 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: with variants. And I thought that that second quarter run 434 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: from Shay was an example of a level of reliability 435 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: that Shay has in his game. Shay gets to the 436 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: basket a ton, and he operates in the short to 437 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: mid range a ton that allows him to have a 438 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: higher floor on a night to night basis in the 439 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: regular season. That makes it so, yeah, like, is Shae 440 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: gonna have the crazy box score performances that Luca has 441 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: no because he doesn't shoot enough threes in order to 442 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: kind of like hit those kind of nuclear upside time 443 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: like to score six hundred points in a month the 444 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: way that Luka Doncics just did. But there is a 445 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: possession to possession, a game to game higher floor. When 446 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: you're talking about Shay compared to a guy like Luca, 447 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: that I think is his case, and Shay made that 448 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: case tonight. You know, like Luca against a very good 449 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: defense before the injury, obviously really struggled to make shots, 450 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: really struggled to get to his spots, had sloppy turnovers. 451 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: He looked completely out of his depth defensively as Shae 452 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: just went right around him several times. There was a 453 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: low floor on display with Luca. Shay came out, had 454 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,719 Speaker 1: a pretty rough first quarter, just was kind of forcing 455 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 1: the issue a little bit, made some nice kickoff passes, 456 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: had a few buckets, but he was kind of like 457 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: like I just thought, just over indexing towards his shooting 458 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: to start the game. But then you saw in that 459 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: second quarter It's like, yeah, but if he's getting to 460 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: the rim constantly and all of his shots are inside 461 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: his seventeen feet, chances are he's going to be able 462 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: to make a lot of shots. Chances are he's going 463 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: to be able to sustain success regardless of surrounding circumstances 464 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: to higher level and so again, Shae has been the 465 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: best player in the world all season. Luca had an 466 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: opportunity to make his case tonight. Obviously, his body didn't 467 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: hold up. That's a whole other part of this story. 468 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: But during the portion of the game when everything was 469 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: hanging in the balance early, we got to see Lucas 470 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: floor and his floor is just lower than when you're 471 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: dealing with the other superstars around the league. And man, 472 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: what a message from Oklahoma City tonight. That was a 473 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: message from Shay that he's the best player in the world. 474 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: That was a message from Oklahoma City that they're able 475 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: to reach a level that nobody in this league is 476 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: able to reach. I believe they're gonna win the championship 477 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 1: again this season. I like, I don't know what else 478 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: to say. That was an incredible performance from a team 479 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: that demonstrated an upside that I don't think anybody else 480 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: in this league can reach. All right, guys, it's all 481 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,880 Speaker 1: I have for tonight. As always, I appreciate you guys 482 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: for supporting us and supporting the show. We were taking 483 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the weekend off, so I will see 484 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,119 Speaker 1: you guys on Monday. We'll be back then, and we 485 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: have a bunch of fun games this weekend. We have 486 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: San Antonio versus Denver on Saturday. That's the one I'm 487 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: particularly excited for. We'll definitely be covering at one on 488 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: Monday again. I hope everyone enjoys the weekend. Good luck 489 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: to the Arizona Wildcats against Michigan on Saturday, and hopefully 490 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: they'll be playing again on Monday. We'll see when we 491 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: get there. I'm a little worried, but we'll see. I 492 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. I'll see you guys 493 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: on Monday.