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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Well, well, well

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Speaker 1: a Thursday podcast, Straight Fire, and boy, I'm gonna be

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Speaker 1: breathing some serious fire today. The Clippers choked. What a

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Speaker 1: gag job by l A. Oh my goodness, folks, right

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Speaker 1: off the bat, I gotta start with this. Also reminder, subscribe,

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Speaker 1: that everybody says to get their podcast hyped. Almost two

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Speaker 1: weeks in the books. But I gotta go in on

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Speaker 1: the Clippers from the jump here. First of all, there

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Speaker 1: is a serious whiff of fraudulence in this bubble. Okay.

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Speaker 1: The Milwaukee Bucks came in a dominant team, historically great

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Speaker 1: in the regular season. They looked kind of ah in

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Speaker 1: that restart with the eight games j honest, delivering the

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Speaker 1: head butt, okay. And then you go to the Lakers,

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Speaker 1: who couldn't throw it in the ocean in the restart

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Speaker 1: offense Pedestrian. They lose They're opener to Portland's. So you

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Speaker 1: got the Bucks the number one team. They gag away

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Speaker 1: their first game to the Orlando Magic. Lakers, they lose

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Speaker 1: to Portland's. And now you have the Clippers, another team

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Speaker 1: that was up and down in the restart. Just never

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Speaker 1: really had everybody together. Mantras. Harrold was in and out

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Speaker 1: of the lineup, in and out of bubble. I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Beverly, in and out of the lineup. You've got

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Speaker 1: load management, fraud, Kawhi, Leonard uh always gotta sit out,

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Speaker 1: you know. And here they go and they lose game

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Speaker 1: two to the Maths, and I'm gonna keep it a

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Speaker 1: hundred with you guys. Listen, Clippers are pretty lucky. Porzingis

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Speaker 1: got ejected in that first game. They that was a

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Speaker 1: narrow escape for l a. Obviously you can't look back

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Speaker 1: and say, oh, it should be two oh Dallas. But

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Speaker 1: Luca don Chech has been the best player on the

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Speaker 1: court period in this series. Playoff Paul George, Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: another total choke by Paul George. Where's playoff? P hasn't

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Speaker 1: been out of the first round since I think it's

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Speaker 1: rob g You can check me on that. Paul George

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Speaker 1: showing up big four for seventeen zero points at halftime.

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Speaker 1: I mean, listen, I'm a Paul George guy. You know

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Speaker 1: that I wanted him on the Lakers. I think he's

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Speaker 1: a great number two. Again, this is a guy who

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Speaker 1: lost in the first round in the West. The last

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Speaker 1: two years with Russell Westbrook, they got bounced by Donovan

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Speaker 1: Dame waving bye bye to Paul George. I gotta be honest.

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Speaker 1: I don't like what I see with the Clippers, and

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Speaker 1: this is a number that should scare Clippers fans. Okay,

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Speaker 1: this team had sixteen assists in Game two against d

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Speaker 1: Alice and fifteen turnovers. A lot of io basketball. That's

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Speaker 1: what you get with Paul George. That's what you get

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Speaker 1: with Kawai Leonard. I know Kauai put up some ended

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Speaker 1: up scoring thirty five points, thirteen and fourteen from the

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Speaker 1: line um and he kind of brought them back. They're

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Speaker 1: late in the fourth to make it somewhat close. But

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Speaker 1: let's be honest, this Clippers team looks very disjointed. Montrez

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Speaker 1: Harrold yelling at referees four of ten from the line.

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Speaker 1: I have not been impressed with the Clippers. Okay, we

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Speaker 1: can't stress enough. Brian Winhorst was on earlier this week. Again,

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Speaker 1: if you missed that podcast, you really got to check

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Speaker 1: it out. He made some really valid points about the

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Speaker 1: antiseptic level in the bubble. No home, no road like ordinarily. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Dallas and the Clippers gonna split, Dallas going home with momentum.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what momentum means here. I I don't

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Speaker 1: both teams performed. And I gotta be honest with you.

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Speaker 1: I think Dallas has largely outplayed the Clippers through eight quarters,

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Speaker 1: with the exception of that first quarter of Game one.

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Speaker 1: You know, listen, Luca done just playoff debut. Poor zingis

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Speaker 1: I love what I'm seeing from Seth Curry. Tim Hardaway Jr.

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Speaker 1: Now I know it's easy, Jason. He's making twenty million. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Luca's on his rookie deal. I get all that, But

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Speaker 1: And I feel something like an idiot for last week saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: let's slow our role on Luca. We'll putting too much

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Speaker 1: pressure on this guy. He's twenty one, Like he hasn't

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Speaker 1: won a playoff game. Like, let's just chill on Luca

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Speaker 1: and the Larry Bird stuff. Like, I don't know, I

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Speaker 1: gotta be honest with you. Rob g made a great

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Speaker 1: point the other night that Luca controls a game like

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Speaker 1: right now for Luca don Che listen to go back

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Speaker 1: to one other thing when we're set, he said. Dallas

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Speaker 1: is clearing cap room to make a run at Yannice,

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Speaker 1: as are the Raptors and a few other teams right now.

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Speaker 1: Luca done calling up you honest, yo, you want to

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Speaker 1: which is Luca pick and roll with anybody and then

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Speaker 1: what are you gonna run a pick and roll with

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Speaker 1: want to talk dynasty, Luca don Chet gets another piece,

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Speaker 1: and but listen, Porzingi is already a very nice player.

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Speaker 1: quick thoughts of my going overboard on Luca done. Absolutely not.

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Speaker 1: Through the first two games, He's easily been the best player.

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Speaker 1: And that's including Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, Luca don

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Speaker 1: don Chich is a problem, not just for the Clippers

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Speaker 1: for the next decade plus. Luca is a problem, and

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Speaker 1: the Clippers better tighten their things up quickly because this

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Speaker 1: supposed best to wing defenders in history can't hold his

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Speaker 1: It's funny you say the wing they were set up

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Speaker 1: They can't. They can't stop Luca And it looks so easy.

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Speaker 1: I can't get over the watching him. He's like in

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Speaker 1: slow motion, doesn't look doesn't look like he's gonna overwhelm

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Speaker 1: you with the speed, but the control, the body contortions.

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Speaker 1: This is a guy who played against grown men in

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Speaker 1: the best league in Europe. Since he's I think sixteen

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Speaker 1: It ain't no thing to go against. Playoff Paul George

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Speaker 1: and I don't want to hear Jake Patrick Beverley wasn't there.

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Speaker 1: He's their lead dog, you know, like, get out of

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Speaker 1: here with that, Okay. Reggie Jackson filled it at point guard.

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Speaker 1: He had one assist in twenty six minutes. Um, all right,

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Speaker 1: rob g let me put it to you like this,

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Speaker 1: Bucks lose game one, Lakers lose Game one, Clippers lose

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Speaker 1: game two. Ranked to me, who you're most concerned about

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Speaker 1: one through three? Well, by default you'd have to say

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Speaker 1: But as far and I put this on Twitter, I said,

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Speaker 1: shooting problems. Because the Lakers, they've never been great shooters,

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Speaker 1: According to one Metric, the Clippers this whole season never

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Speaker 1: gonna take time to to let that cake bake, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean. The Lakers only need one game

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Speaker 1: Is Jayson Tatum a top ten player? Well, Jayson Tatum

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Speaker 1: was eight of twelve from three. He's unguardable. The Sixers

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Speaker 1: at Elton brand. I believe the GM who put together

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Speaker 1: you think we'll see more than one minute of Dion

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00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,080
Speaker 1: Waiters in game two? And and j R. Smith didn't

423
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,440
Speaker 1: even play. He's a he's a guy who's been known

424
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 1: as a sniper in his career, again though he doesn't

425
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,720
Speaker 1: play much defense. Will those guys get worked into the

426
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,400
Speaker 1: rotation you think? I think we'll see more of Dione.

427
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 1: I don't know about JR. But I think we will

428
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,440
Speaker 1: see more of Dion. Vocal likes to keep their rotation

429
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,200
Speaker 1: to about ten players. Um, so you know, it's it's

430
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,360
Speaker 1: just a I think that that that's the situation. That's

431
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 1: a that's a position that they've been trying to figure

432
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,560
Speaker 1: out how to bolster really all season long. Um, they're

433
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 1: they're really strong in the front court, but they you know,

434
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,160
Speaker 1: there who's who their point guard is, who they can

435
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 1: rely on a point guard? That's it's it's I mean

436
00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:32,120
Speaker 1: it's been Lebron, Like Lebron is their point guard and

437
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: he's also a lot of other things. For them. All right,

438
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,159
Speaker 1: I'm sure we're sounding, well me specifically, sounding a little pessimistic. Remember,

439
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,440
Speaker 1: the Lakers did lead in the fourth quarter by six,

440
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,080
Speaker 1: uh and they missed like seventy nine million three pointers.

441
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 1: I think they shot fifteen percent from deep. That's probably

442
00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 1: not going to happen again against the rated defense in

443
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,560
Speaker 1: the league. But let me ask specifically about the bigs, Tanya,

444
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,600
Speaker 1: when they play two big guys, because Anthony Davis seems

445
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,240
Speaker 1: to be afraid to play center for whatever reason, it

446
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,320
Speaker 1: just cloggs the lane they I mean, if the Lakers

447
00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: play Javail and Anthony Davis are two big Whiteside is

448
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: able to play, and he was like a factor around

449
00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,879
Speaker 1: the rim. I think he blocked at least two shots

450
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:16,160
Speaker 1: from Lebron. Why does Anthony Davis hate playing the five

451
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: so much? And do you think he will have to

452
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 1: change here in the fourth quarter against the Blazers. Yeah,

453
00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 1: I don't. I mean he doesn't. He's he's been very

454
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: clear that he does doesn't like playing the hive. I don't.

455
00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 1: I don't know exactly why. I think it probably has

456
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 1: something to do with, like, you know, what you're able

457
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: to do there and kind of the beating that you

458
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: take when you're in there. But I don't think he's

459
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,360
Speaker 1: I don't think if that's what they need, I don't

460
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 1: think he will be opposed to doing more of it. Um.

461
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:45,679
Speaker 1: You know, he's a guy that he's done a lot

462
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,600
Speaker 1: of things since he's been with the Lakers that have

463
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 1: really showed that he's he wants to help and he

464
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,119
Speaker 1: wants to do what the team needs. Um with his money.

465
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: He gave up a trade kicker four million dollars that

466
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 1: even though they didn't get Kauai, and he was like, no,

467
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,720
Speaker 1: it's fine because I wanted us to have enough money

468
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: to sign the guys that we needed. So, you know,

469
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,320
Speaker 1: like he's I think he will be willing to play.

470
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 1: He will be willing to play center, even though he

471
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 1: doesn't like it. Um, And they're probably going to need

472
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 1: some of that because they Yeah, like Whiteside was much

473
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: better than I expected last night, and the you know

474
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,159
Speaker 1: Portland has already they were they already they were a

475
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 1: disadvantage in the front court because they're facing Lebron James

476
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,879
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis, but they had a big injury and

477
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: Zach Collins who they didn't have last night, and the

478
00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,719
Speaker 1: Lakers should have been able to exploit that. Yeah. Um,

479
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,680
Speaker 1: And again I don't want to go overboard and look

480
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 1: too much to the future. It is one game the

481
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,440
Speaker 1: Lakers could win the next four for all we know,

482
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,679
Speaker 1: telling you, but when you look at how this Lakers

483
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,560
Speaker 1: team could improve in the off season, I mean, there

484
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: isn't much wiggle room financially for them to do a lot.

485
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 1: And I don't know, I'm want to try to get

486
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 1: into the mindset of the Lakers, Like when after the

487
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 1: game and you know, before here game two, are you

488
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: able to read need any of their social cues. Have

489
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: they changed as the dynamic of the team. I mean,

490
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,639
Speaker 1: I don't know, are you able to see them walking

491
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 1: around in the bubble? Maybe just talk a little bit

492
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,880
Speaker 1: about you know what it's like. This has never been

493
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,520
Speaker 1: done before in the playoffs. Usually you lose a playoff game,

494
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 1: you go back to your hotel, you fly out of town.

495
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: After game two, you're just going to your hotel room,

496
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 1: like seeing the other team everywhere? What's that aspect of this?

497
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,960
Speaker 1: Like I can't answer how they've been acting together because

498
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: I haven't seen them um yet. But uh, it is

499
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,159
Speaker 1: weird because there's really no I mean, I feel this

500
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 1: a lot too, and I think everyone who's in here does.

501
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: You're always at work. You you live at work, and

502
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,199
Speaker 1: I mean from a media perspective, that means, like, you know,

503
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,520
Speaker 1: when you're when you're at an arena or you're at

504
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: a you know, a stadium or whatever, a facility, wherever

505
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,920
Speaker 1: you're going, there's a there's you know, there's a certain

506
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 1: way that you're treated when you're at work. And then

507
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: you get to leave and you get to go home,

508
00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,879
Speaker 1: and you get to unwind and be with people that

509
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 1: aren't affiliated with your work. And even if you're thinking

510
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: about work, you're at least like in your own bed

511
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,679
Speaker 1: and with your pets, and you're you know, like whatever

512
00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: it is, you're with your kids. I guess you know,

513
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: I guess that's important to um. But uh but you know,

514
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: like they they now there's no escape. Not only is

515
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 1: there no escape, I mean for for the Lakers, this

516
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 1: isn't an issue, but like as they get farther along,

517
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 1: like they're gonna be in the finals and they're gonna well,

518
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that's way getting out of myself now,

519
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 1: but if they're if they're playing the Clippers, let's say

520
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 1: Let's say they get to the conference finals like we're

521
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 1: all expecting, and they're playing the Clippers. They share a

522
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: hotel with them, They're going to see them at breakfast,

523
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: They're going to see them walking down the walking down

524
00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: the bridge to the restaurant that they all go to

525
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,920
Speaker 1: in the middle of the lake. Um. I think that's

526
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: you know, I think that that's going to cause a

527
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 1: really interesting dynamic because they've never they've no one's ever

528
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: experienced that before. So you brought up a good point

529
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: that you're always at work. I'm it's like how you've

530
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: been in the bubble now for at least maybe a month.

531
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: I think you're close to it. But how how are

532
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 1: you handling always being at work? Or do you are

533
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,879
Speaker 1: you good at like flipping me off switch and being like, yo,

534
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 1: I'm done with work for the day, putting my phone

535
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 1: away and all that. Are you able to you know,

536
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 1: disconnect at all? No? Not? I mean you really, it's

537
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: it's almost impossible. Like I've I've tried, Like I've gotten

538
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 1: swimming a few times, like as a workout, and swimming

539
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,399
Speaker 1: is nice because you have to you can't take your

540
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: phone with you, so you're just completely disconnected and you

541
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: you know, it's a good workout too. But the thing is,

542
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 1: as soon as you pop your head up, there's maybe

543
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: somebody from MBA PR over here. There's maybe some referee

544
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: over here, there's a there's another reporter, there's you know,

545
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: like around the pool, and like these are all people

546
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: that I like, but like I'm I'm very conscious that

547
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,200
Speaker 1: I'm at work. Um and you're also the other thing

548
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: about being in the bubbles, You're watched so much. And

549
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: that is is that is as a human, as a

550
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 1: human who is not used to being watch that. I mean,

551
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know what I would compare

552
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: it to, but you know, in our regular lives, like

553
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 1: there are times where no one can see it, there

554
00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: are times when like we don't have to be monitored,

555
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: um here in the bubble. Like let's say I wake up.

556
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: If I wake up, and you know, the Lakers games

557
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: are all so late, they started they start at nine

558
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 1: pm local time, I'm not I'm not done working until

559
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: two or three in the morning. Um And so when

560
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: I wake up, I usually sleep in and often when

561
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: I wake up, I've got a text message that says

562
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: you haven't you haven't logged your symptoms yet, so I

563
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: have to I have to turn on my Bluetooth thermometer,

564
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: open up the Bluetooth pulse oximeter, and log my symptoms,

565
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: tell the NBA what my temperature is and what my

566
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: oxygen levels are, and then I have to go to

567
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: a room and get my coronavirus test um, which I

568
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: do acknowledge as a luxury that law people don't have

569
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 1: and that lots of people probably would would like to

570
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: have access to. UM. But it is, you know, there

571
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: is a feeling everywhere I go there's security watching me

572
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: making sure that I'm not going not going where I'm

573
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: not supposed to, or you know that that my mask

574
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: is up high enough for that, like you know, like

575
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 1: it's that part of it is. That part of it

576
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: does is a little bit of a strain, UM. But

577
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: but you know, the work part of it, Like when

578
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: I am actually at work, it's really fun because you're

579
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 1: you're in this building that not very many people get

580
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: to be in. You're seeing this historic thing that UM

581
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: not very many people can see up close. And UM,

582
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 1: I mean that it has been very competitive and the

583
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: basketball is fun and I feel much more connected to

584
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 1: basketball right now than I was to the whole league

585
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: that I was before the hiatus, because just because like

586
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: I can see every team, Like I can go to

587
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 1: any you know. I mean you have to ask permission,

588
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 1: but like I can pretty much go to anyone's game

589
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: and you know, see what's happening. You know. The other

590
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: day I came, I I went for a bike ride

591
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,719
Speaker 1: around the campus and I came back and dropped off

592
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 1: my bike and there were a couple yesterday, two days ago,

593
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: there are a couple of refs sitting there watching the

594
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 1: end of the Buck's Magic game, and like I just

595
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: stopped and watched on their phone with them. Like that's

596
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: a that that kind of thing. Like everybody is really

597
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 1: excited about basketball and like seeing the games and so

598
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: that it is a it is a fun atmosphere. I

599
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: don't want to complain too much, but but there is

600
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: like a surveillance element. That's um challenge to something. You said,

601
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: so you have to get tested every single day. Yeah,

602
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: is it a long nose swab? No, Um, it's a

603
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 1: it's actually a there's there's a there's two things that

604
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: they have to do. That one is they do a

605
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: saliva swab. They like in the back of your throat.

606
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: And then there's another one where they do a shallow

607
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: nose swab. So we'll do both of those and put

608
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: those two, those two Q tips together and put it

609
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: in a put it in a little jar and shake

610
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: it up and send it out for testing. All right,

611
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: So we'll wrap up here on this one. Um, what

612
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: do you believe the Lakers absolutely have to do in

613
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: game two to make sure they win? Because you can't

614
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: go down O two. I know you don't have to

615
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: go back to Portland if you're the Lakers, but you

616
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: don't want to fall down O two. The sky will

617
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: be falling. I saw the tweets that the Lakers haven't

618
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: won a playoff game in three thousand days or something.

619
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,960
Speaker 1: I mean, what what do they need to do? Besides

620
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: the obvious is, you know, make or misleague make shots.

621
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: It's yeah, the obvious is make shots. But as they

622
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: keep saying, and they're right, like, that's not something like

623
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: what do they change at this point to make that happen? Um?

624
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: But what they can control is, I mean, they still

625
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: had a chance of winning. As bad as they shot,

626
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 1: They had a chance of winning that game. And there

627
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: were some defensive breakdowns late in the game that, um

628
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: that it helps the Trailblazers, and you know, when you

629
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: give those guys the way that they can shoot, when

630
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: you give them that opportunity, they will take it and

631
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: also feel really good about it. Um. I think momentum

632
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: is real and Portland really has that right now. But

633
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: but that's I mean, they're going to have to be

634
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Speaker 1: perfect defensively if they if since since unless they somehow

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Speaker 1: find their shot again, which is possible, I guess, um,

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00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: I think that that's the answer. I'm sure you mentally

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00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: were ready to be there until the conference finals. Listen,

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00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: if the Lakers lose game to Tanya, I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure part of you, and I doubt you all a

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Speaker 1: bit this will be a little relieved that you'll be

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00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: able to probably leave the bubble early. Well, my my

642
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: chime in the bubble isn't connected to the Lakers. I'm

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00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: going to leave on I'm yeah, I'm leaving September nine.

644
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: So because the league had these like set dates, they

645
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: didn't allow for people to come and go from the

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00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: bubble very freely. So I'm leaving on September nine, So

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00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: you know, I that's going to be the middle of

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Speaker 1: the second round, so we'll see. Well that's I guess

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00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 1: that's pretty good. Then you've been there forever. All right,

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00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: Tanya Gongol. You gotta follow her stuff. She's great covering

651
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,359
Speaker 1: the Lakers. Really smart individual used to live near me. Now.

652
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: I bet she misses her apartment in l a and

653
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 1: all her family and friends. All right, Tanya, stay safe

654
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: and enjoy the games. Thank you, you too. The only

655
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 1: thing better than sitting on your couch watching the game.

656
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: He's making money while you do it. Here's your best bat.

657
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: One of my gambling adages is you never want to

658
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 1: get too high. Right when you win, you get hot,

659
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: you want a big parlay because who doesn't love a

660
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: fun parlay every now and then? And you never get

661
00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 1: too low when you lose, right, you try to stay

662
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 1: even keel. Someone had given me an analogy like gambling

663
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: is kind of like surfing. Right, You're in the water

664
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: the whole time. You have some big scary waves right

665
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,040
Speaker 1: there lack you down, and sometimes you're just hanging out

666
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: and waiting and you're treading water. And you just never

667
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: want to get too high or too low. And I've

668
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 1: now lost two in a row, and I'm a little

669
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,879
Speaker 1: ticked off because two of them were bad. I got

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00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: a lot of heat from my friends from taking the

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00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: bucks double digit favorite idiotic. Um, I've got two for

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00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 1: you Thursday. I feel good about these. I'm not ready

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00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,800
Speaker 1: to go to the props. I do kind of fashion

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Speaker 1: myself as the prop bet king because I'm very good

675
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,879
Speaker 1: on prop bets. That's neither here nor there. I got

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00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: two for you. I really like the Miami Heat favored

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00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: by four and a half against Indiana. Victor Oladipo went

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00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: down in Game one with the knee injury. I personally

679
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: am surprised. This lines that low. We don't know how

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00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 1: healthy Oladipo will be. He may decide to keep himself out.

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00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: Remember he came me into the bubble hurt. Why force it, Oladipo,

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00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: You've had some injuries. Pack it in for the year, buddy,

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00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: Just sit this one out. I like the heat in

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00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: this one. I like the heat a lot in this series.

685
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: So I got the Miami Heat favored by four and

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00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:14,799
Speaker 1: a half against Indiana. But if I'm giving out my

687
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: this feels like as much of a lock as possible.

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00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: After the Lakers lost Game one. Okay, if you guys

689
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: have seen the movie Troy, really underrated movie. Brad Pitt

690
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: is Achilles and he is a fighting machine. There is

691
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: a scene where they are storming the beaches and Brad

692
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: Pitt's on the boat and he's with his little group

693
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: and he stands up to make a speech. Murden's I

694
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: would rather battle with you than anyone, and he goes,

695
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 1: remember who we are. We are lions. And it's just

696
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: this awesome speech. Go look it up on YouTube. It's

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00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: like thirty seconds and I can see Lebron James. Okay,

698
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: having a speech for the Lakers. Guys, I don't do

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00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: oh two in the first round, okay, Danny Green, make

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00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: some shots. K C. Pete, We're going with a quick hook.

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00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 1: J R. Smith? Are you ready? Dan Waiters? Are you ready?

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00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,439
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis stopped with this fade away nonsense. And if

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00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: I don't see, like listen, the Lakers have been lethargic

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00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: in the first quarter throughout the bubble. If they come

705
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,959
Speaker 1: out lethargic, hey man, I don't. I'm throwing my hands

706
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: up and I will I will eat it. But I

707
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 1: am all over the Lakers. I got six, it's now

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00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:31,800
Speaker 1: six and a half. I'm taking them at six and

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00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: a half. I would either even entertain it at seven, folks.

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Speaker 1: The Lakers have the third best defense in the league.

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00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: Helped Portland to one and lost. As Rob G told me,

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00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: the Lakers were like five for thirty one on three.

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00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: They had a lot of open looks. They just didn't

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00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: make a Portland don't play defense. This is Lakers. I

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00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 1: don't want to say steam rolling jinxt and maybe Dan

716
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,439
Speaker 1: comes out and goes nuts and has fitty, but I

717
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 1: love the Lakers to cover against Portland's I like Miami

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00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 1: to cover against Indy. And I know these are two favorites,

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00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: and it's chalky and I'm fired up. I'm sweating in

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00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: this eighty degree heat in Los Angeles with no air conditioning,

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Speaker 1: and I'm taking these two to the bank and cashing

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Speaker 1: them later tonight, Folks, remember subscribe, rate and review. I'm out,