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You need Indeed. Hello,

1:11

Lakers nation. Welcome and Lakers nation

1:13

live. I am Trevor Lane. The

1:16

streak is over.

1:18

The Lakers win. They beat the

1:20

Denver Nuggets in game four. Yes,

1:22

that means it's just a 3-1

1:24

series lead for Denver now, but

1:27

still 11 straight victories

1:29

for the Denver Nuggets over the Lakers.

1:31

No more. Finally, the Lakers said

1:33

not today. You're not coming

1:35

back today. Today, we're building

1:38

a lead and we're maintaining

1:40

the league. The

1:42

Lakers get the job done

1:45

against Denver. Great to see final score

1:47

119-108. We've got a

1:49

lot to talk about tonight on this

1:52

one. Welcome, everybody joining from YouTube,

1:54

from X, from Facebook. Welcome,

1:56

everybody. Join me. It's

1:59

Sean Davis. Sean, they

2:01

did it. What so? Curse is broken.

2:04

Curse is broken. And it's all

2:07

because I wasn't there. Already got a comment

2:09

saying, Sean Davis is barred from ringside Monday

2:11

night. I appreciate the wrestling reference. I

2:14

will let this comment fly. Sean,

2:16

you were not available for the

2:18

play-by-play over on playback or on YouTube. I'm

2:21

assuming you still were able to watch the

2:23

game. Yeah, yeah. I had to

2:25

go back. I had to restart the game around

2:27

halftime or so. But yeah, man, this was a

2:29

freaking fun game. Shout out AED. Shout out Bronv.

2:31

I think Trevor is a star. He takes off

2:33

most important league. I think this has

2:35

been the downfall for the Lakers throughout the

2:38

series. Shout out the role players, man. Like,

2:40

you got the Austin Reeves and Dilo, like,

2:42

solid game at the same time, finally. I

2:45

know we're getting to the box, going to miss. Shout

2:47

out Ruby, who had nine. I mean,

2:49

also, Torian hit a couple of big threes

2:51

as well. One down the stretch,

2:53

if I recall correctly, too. So big

2:56

time win. And it gets

2:58

interesting. You got to go

3:00

and win game five, obviously. We know the

3:02

track record, the history, if you will, if

3:05

you're down 3-0. But one

3:07

game at a time, go win. Go

3:09

win in Denver. And we'll see

3:11

how things shape up Monday night. Yeah,

3:13

you managed to get a win in Denver. And by

3:15

the way, quick turnaround. Usually, when there is a day

3:17

of travel, you'll see two days off between

3:19

games, as we saw when Denver came to LA. Not

3:22

in this case. Instead, the Lakers go to altitude,

3:24

which was just one day between games. Lakers

3:27

play Denver on Monday. The

3:29

X-rays after game five, which I

3:32

thought was super weird and super

3:34

unfortunate. And when you look at

3:37

the schedule pre-series, like, damn, that

3:39

sucks. It's certainly unfortunate. But you

3:42

never know. We'll see what happens in Denver. The

3:44

Lakers finally get the win. They need to get

3:46

to Denver Nuggets. Taking a look at the box

3:48

score. LeBron James, doing

3:51

LeBron James things. 14-23 shooting from the field.

3:55

30 points. Five boards,

3:58

four assists, three steals, six. turnovers

4:00

for LeBron little sloppy there maybe some

4:02

stuff to clean up there But overall

4:04

when the Lakers need a buckets down

4:06

the stretch LeBron James was able to

4:08

get them Anthony Davis 23

4:11

rebounds Sean when

4:13

I look at this game the stats that

4:15

jumps out to me the most it's

4:18

9 to 8 9

4:20

offensive rebounds for the Denver Nuggets 8 for

4:23

the Lakers Denver did not Dominate the

4:25

Lakers in the offensive rebound category a

4:27

lot of that credit goes to Anthony

4:30

Davis 23 big

4:32

rebounds that was critical to getting

4:34

this when Sean What did you

4:36

see that allowed the Lakers to have

4:39

such an improvement on the boards in this

4:41

game compared to previous games? I

4:44

don't know. There's anything specific really I just

4:46

think a finally we got like the attention

4:48

to detail stuff that we've been looking for

4:50

Trevor Sucks that came at game for like

4:52

I mean even another example was like there

4:54

were certain stuff Schematically that the Lakers had

4:57

had success with games one through three But

4:59

we're like, okay keep doing it and this was I

5:02

know you're asking the question off of three bounce But

5:04

I think it ties into like the focus I had

5:06

brought up This was the

5:08

most schematically focused game from this Lakers

5:10

team all year where they like spam

5:12

double-drag they were spamming Chicago action and

5:16

Hell yeah, so fella talking like It's

5:19

ironic cuz bronze also talked about this when my

5:22

biggest pet peeves of the coach is

5:24

when a team does something and

5:26

it works and It

5:28

continues to work and then they go away

5:30

from it and don't use it again cough

5:33

cough Lakers game one through game right and

5:35

tonight Denver can guard

5:37

double drag Denver kindergarten Chicago action and

5:39

they finally just kept going with it

5:41

I think that just a focus with

5:43

the play calling and with the offensive

5:45

rebounds to also has you in more

5:49

In more consistent positions to try to get

5:51

these offensive rebounds I think that also helped

5:53

shower who he had to offense rebounds tonight

5:56

And then obviously ad he had three and

5:58

then when you get 20 defensive rebounds that

6:00

helps keep Denroch offensive class too.

6:03

Sean, can we say good game, Darvin Ham? I

6:06

don't know. He still might get my Master Lock. He

6:09

still might. He was, I mean, I

6:11

know he didn't call that the, he

6:13

didn't challenge when LeBron wanted him to and the Lakers would have

6:15

won the challenge. There was that moment. There were some things that

6:17

we could Master Lock, but he was

6:20

even calling timeouts. They were running

6:22

plays for the time. They weren't freelancing most of

6:24

the time. Like, where? I

6:26

don't know. Fourth best, fourth best organized offense

6:29

game of the season. Wow.

6:32

For us very, very

6:34

nice. And not a,

6:38

not a surprise then that they get the win when

6:40

they make the adjustments that we've been talking about in

6:42

terms of running more organized offense, being more aggressive with

6:44

the timeout calls, things of that nature. There were moments

6:46

where the Lakers defense was still a little bit, you

6:49

know, a little bit dodgy, but the

6:51

bottom line, the Lakers get it done. D'Angelo

6:54

Russell, a big story from this one too. A

6:57

lot of eyes, zero points. Goose

6:59

egg for D'Angelo Russell last game.

7:02

A lot of criticism lobbed at

7:04

him justifiably. This game,

7:06

eight for 15 shooting, four of eight from

7:08

deep, four boards, four assists,

7:11

one steal for D'Lo, hits

7:13

a big shots, 21 points. This

7:16

is the D'Angelo Russell that we needed to see.

7:20

Yeah. I mean, we

7:23

talk about it all the time, man, but D'Lo

7:26

for this offense is a legitimate floor raiser.

7:28

Now, when he does the play well, like

7:30

you saw in game three, then it can,

7:32

it could actually hurt the team. But when

7:34

D'Lo is playing well, man, like the Lakers

7:36

went to their fund. They went to D'Lo

7:38

AD pick and roll late, let Bron play

7:40

off ball. And LeBron got three,

7:42

it might have been four open layups.

7:44

Yeah, obviously the no look dunk, not

7:46

no look dunk for Bron, but the

7:48

dunk off the no look lob rather

7:51

from D'Angelo Russell. And

7:54

again, when D'Lo is playing well, this

7:56

is a different offense in terms of

7:58

the ceiling the team can. hit and

8:01

he missed one free throw. The four assists

8:03

was actually kind of low for

8:06

D'Ansel Russell when he's playing well. But

8:09

yeah, it's a different team when you're when the back

8:11

court's playing well in the Miami, Trevor, D'Lo

8:13

and Austin combined for 42 points tonight. I

8:16

mean, when was the last time that

8:18

they've combined for like over 35? So,

8:22

shout out, shout out

8:25

to D'Lo and Austin. That's

8:27

how you needed the back court to step up in

8:29

a big way. And this one, I get 21 for

8:31

Austin Reeves, eight to 15 shooting, four of eight from

8:34

behind the arc. Yeah,

8:37

fantastic stuff there from both of them. Let's before

8:39

we get it, we're going to get into our

8:42

questions and comments here. But let's do this. Oh,

8:44

there we go, Sean. Oh,

8:50

man. Andrew Lee says, finally, thank God. Wow,

8:52

this makes game twos loss hurt even more,

8:54

the prank card. Trevor, I just put that

8:56

on X. This should

8:58

be freaky. Two, two. I

9:02

don't want to get greedy and write three, one. This

9:05

should be two, two. It should

9:07

absolutely be two, two. The way they closed this

9:10

game was the way they needed to close game

9:12

two. This game is how game

9:14

two should have looked. It should be

9:16

two, two right now, going back to

9:18

Denver. And that's certainly frustrating. But

9:21

we saw when the Lakers do what they need to do, when

9:23

they execute the way they need to execute, when

9:25

they pay attention to details, they can win a game.

9:27

Now, Denver did shoot nine of 30 from three.

9:30

So not a good three point shooting game from Denver.

9:32

But at 14 turnovers, which is more than they tend

9:34

to average, to the Denver Nuggets can certainly play better

9:36

than they did tonight. But the Lakers can really threaten

9:39

this team, but they have to

9:41

play the right way. And I think tonight

9:43

was the first time in a

9:45

while against Denver that we've seen the Lakers

9:48

play the right way, minimize mistakes,

9:50

mostly get good looks. They

9:52

did all the things they needed to do to get the win. And

9:55

so the win did come. Yeah.

9:58

Yeah. I can't help but

10:00

think about that. I apologize. Right. All

10:03

right, let's get to this. Superstar

10:06

of the night. Been

10:10

a little while since we've done one of these, because

10:12

we only do them in once. Almost forgot the

10:14

drop first. I was like, wait, wait, what is

10:16

he doing? Like, what is this? All right, so

10:20

superstar of the night. We've got

10:23

Anthony Davis, 25 points, 23 rebounds, 6

10:25

assists, one

10:29

block, 11 of 17 shooting, LeBron James,

10:31

30 points, five boards,

10:33

four assists, three steals. Sean, who are you

10:35

going with for superstar of the night? Chat,

10:37

let me know your thoughts too

10:39

in the comments section. I'm

10:42

going to go AD. I just

10:44

thought the tone setting, the 23 rebounds

10:47

is so pivotal. He also

10:49

chipped in the six assists too, man. I mean, I

10:52

got absolutely roasted mostly by Denver

10:54

fans. And I mean, of

10:56

course, I guess. I had said that

10:59

LeBron James, Anthony Davis, this was after game,

11:01

this might have been in the middle of

11:03

game three, that Bron and AD had been

11:06

mostly on the level of Yoko Jizma as

11:08

a duo through game three. And

11:10

they're like, oh, man, nobody's ever on

11:12

Yoko's level. OK,

11:14

first, calm down. Yoko

11:17

Jizma is awesome, obviously. But that just speaks to

11:19

the level of how good AD has been this

11:21

series. Well, I'll share you out game four, which

11:23

was kind of a lackluster game from AD. I

11:26

think you have one more where it was kind of more

11:28

of a below average performance from Anthony

11:31

Davis. But tonight,

11:33

especially with the 23 rebounds and the entire

11:35

series, man, AD's been phenomenal. Shout out to

11:37

AD. LeBron, there's a lot of credit as

11:39

well. I want to say, what was it,

11:41

16 points in the fourth quarter to kind

11:43

of help close it out. He was great.

11:46

But he was great. But I'm going

11:48

to go Anthony Davis. You can't beat 26, 23, 5,

11:50

and like two blocks and like that. Sean,

11:54

before I get, I do want to sing LeBron's

11:56

praises. Because you rightly picked AD. I

11:58

think that would have been my pick as well. Well, but

12:00

before I do this comment coming in from X said

12:03

do y'all think that dealo pick and roll with with

12:05

Braun as the Baseline guy is the formula

12:09

Talk us through that because we saw that

12:11

action and that action has been used with Ruby

12:14

Hachimara quite a bit in the past As well,

12:16

the ultimate result is Anthony Davis gets the ball

12:20

Right around the free throw line and

12:22

the defense tends to get to get drawn to

12:24

ad and then he gets LeBron or sometimes It's

12:26

really on the baseline cut. Is

12:29

that something we saw the Lakers kind of

12:31

spam that action? What

12:34

was it that worked about that

12:36

and and is that something that's repeatable in

12:39

game five? So the reason

12:41

why it worked and this is I guess a

12:43

little preview of you know The post post game

12:45

show but the reason why that worked right is

12:47

because what it did is as dealo on the

12:49

left side With ad and the ball screen, right

12:52

and saying the screen and

12:54

the low man the low man's

12:57

Responsibility is the tag on the

12:59

role. That's always technically responsibility if

13:02

you are playing a drop coverage because you

13:04

you're afraid of letting the big get behind

13:06

the drop big right so Aaron Gordon is

13:08

the low man But his man's LeBron James

13:10

Aaron Gordon is going to naturally step up

13:12

and that's how they were able to get

13:14

to work So I love

13:16

it. I think it can work It's

13:19

essentially what I wanted them to do but kind

13:21

of reverse because what I've been asking the Lakers

13:23

to do is a bit different

13:25

on trying to open the marker is Where

13:28

if it's you're running a ball screen, let's say it's on the

13:30

right side. I Ball

13:35

screen on the right side Dealos going

13:37

to his left you sub the ad role

13:39

with what the nuggets have been doing all

13:41

series Which is loading over and kind

13:44

of stop forcing the ball to get stopped

13:46

at the nail and I've been saying all

13:48

series bro bronze stand peak up behind

13:50

your man and That

13:52

puts them in a rotation. You're probably gonna get a

13:54

couple of open of it It's thorough the

13:56

Lakers just do know Bronco corner will cut you

13:58

from there a bunch of easy

14:01

buckets like you said they spammed it late got

14:03

I want to say for layup slash dunks or

14:05

Bron Lee in the game Yeah,

14:08

I think it is something they can go back to I don't

14:10

know if it could be the formula per say where you just

14:12

Do it the whole game? but

14:14

I Do legitimately think

14:17

that can be something that they'll work from either

14:20

Bron in the slot or the opposite slot or Bron is

14:22

a in the corner because it's

14:24

awesome. It's awesome It really was a great game from

14:26

from Bron. I'm glad they went to it down the

14:28

stretch Yeah, it made a lot of sense You're you're

14:31

essentially putting the Denver Nuggets in a pick your poison

14:33

situation where you either step up and try to stop

14:35

ad Yeah, or or

14:37

you're gonna have to sag off and stop that

14:39

LeBron cut And if you do that ad is

14:41

gonna be right at the rim and scoring there

14:44

So I do like that one. I think

14:46

we're gonna see that a lot more I would imagine the Nuggets

14:48

will have a counter for it coming up in game five But

14:50

it was great to see the Lakers go to that. That's

14:52

the thing unless you like start to

14:54

double it or like Whatever

14:56

I don't know what you do, especially if

14:58

dealers playing well, that's the biggest key That's

15:01

why D. Lo is a floor raiser If

15:04

he's playing well because the deal is playing

15:06

well, then that's almost unstoppable especially down the

15:08

stretch where 80s playing

15:10

well bronze an elite off-ball guy

15:13

and D. Lo's playing well,

15:15

so you worry about the pick and roll three-point shooting the

15:17

float or stuff like that That's

15:19

damn near unguardable unless you want to hedge it which

15:21

puts Denver in a rotation which they don't want to

15:24

do And I

15:27

Need to keep playing well, please good stuff like that can

15:29

happen. Yes indeed. Yes indeed. All

15:31

right Let's I want to

15:33

talk a little bit about LeBron real quick LeBron I

15:35

thought he had it we talked a little bit about

15:37

those cuts there There were moments

15:39

where I thought LeBron looked like he was maybe

15:41

pacing himself having some energy issues things like that

15:44

He it looked like he asked out like

15:46

five minutes into the third quarter, which was interesting. We

15:48

haven't seen that from him much But

15:51

when the Lakers needed him when they needed

15:53

buckets, there was LeBron getting to the rim

15:55

not messing around too much We did see

15:57

him take a few jumpers where I went.

15:59

Okay, that's. The little bit optimistic there, but for

16:01

the most part where the Lakers needle abroad to

16:03

get to the Remy did and I thought there

16:05

were a number of times when the broad got

16:07

fouled at the rim. And. Still that get

16:09

a call but he managed to play Throw It

16:12

At Dolls. Really hope the Lakers get the when

16:14

that comedy you're bringing up their sean. Badges.

16:16

though that that sub play. Ah,

16:20

Brought is so done with this clown coach.

16:22

I've never seen him this furious with his

16:24

own team. Habs. A Pos.

16:26

I truly what they do jobless so I

16:28

didn't work things out. The clarify what would

16:30

were referencing here is there was a moment.

16:33

Where. The ball went out of bounds.

16:35

It was off of Denver. And.

16:38

The referees ruled it was off of the

16:40

Lakers Ad Le Bron yelled at the Lakers

16:42

to challenge it, said it was off the

16:44

Nuggets. Darvon. Am looked at

16:46

as at his coaches that because the coaching the

16:48

the bench is supposed to tell Darvon. Yes,

16:51

Challenged it or not they're looking at their tablets.

16:53

They're supposed to tell him challenge it or not.

16:55

The nudges. Wisely, Try to

16:57

get the ball in bad as quick

16:59

as they could. Le Bron lost his

17:02

mind, right? was angry shouting about as

17:04

demonstrative as we've ever seen. the brawn,

17:06

James. He was fired up that the

17:08

Lakers did not challenge in that moment.

17:11

Where do you stand up that

17:13

should darwinian? Knowing that there probably

17:16

wasn't enough time. For. His guys

17:18

to really look at the play and and

17:20

tell him what to do? Should durban have

17:22

just believed his guy in the broad and

17:24

challenge that. Yes, Absolutely

17:27

arm. You. Know were

17:29

drawn in the players would ever that

17:31

the doorways like recommend are like acts

17:33

in the challengers ever. Gets. White

17:36

or brown to be that adamant.

17:38

I. Don't care, even even if.

17:41

By. A miracle. He was wrong. You

17:43

know it's it's just like the like I

17:45

give that almost compromise your i believe i

17:47

got your back or them right right as

17:49

he was so freaking out of me and

17:51

then. You. Can make yard with the

17:53

rest maybe and on the ball to quickly? sure?

17:55

whatever. boy. Good. grievous middle

17:58

east to that almost I

18:00

felt like that was gonna be a momentum shifter

18:02

because Denver gets the open layup I

18:04

forget who I think Torian might have taken a three

18:07

and miss something along those lines And

18:09

then Denver comes right down the court and scores

18:11

again timeout I think the league gets cut down

18:13

to ten or whatever like dog if

18:16

this play right here Swings

18:18

the game back into Denver's favor. I'm

18:20

gonna be pissed. Yes, Darwin absolutely should

18:22

have challenged it you believe your

18:25

your star your the face of the franchise

18:27

arguably is Jumping

18:29

up and down damn your thorn

18:31

good full tensum temper tantrum because

18:33

he wants this college challenge challenge

18:36

the damn call Yeah,

18:39

and I agree 100% there was no reason not

18:41

to do that when when LeBron is that Adamant

18:43

because players you'll see him do it all the

18:45

time because guess what most players think they've never

18:47

committed a foul Anytime there's a

18:49

call against them. Oh review it review

18:52

it even when it's clear. They fouled or whatever,

18:54

right? That's that's players. That's in general. I would

18:56

probably do in the video in the same thing,

18:58

right? Right in this case

19:01

when LeBron is that adamant? Just

19:04

give him the vote of confidence What's

19:06

the word if you burn the challenge? Okay, that's

19:08

that's not good That's not

19:10

good, but at least you

19:12

gave your player that confirmation that

19:15

I believe you Instead

19:17

you sent the message that

19:19

I don't trust you to know yourself and know whether

19:21

or not that ball actually went off you I don't

19:23

trust you to not get caught up in the moment

19:26

and think that it was not

19:28

off you when it really was When

19:31

that's your it's one thing if that was Max

19:34

Christie who's still glued to the

19:36

bench But

19:43

if it was a young player who's in a new

19:45

situation pressure is getting to them all that kind of

19:47

stuff, okay, I get it Well,

19:50

broad James has played 21 years

19:53

in this league if you're gonna trust anybody

19:55

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22:24

what else do we have? Let's see.

22:27

Second Lebronte, last one against Denver December 16th

22:29

2022. Finally.

22:33

Yes, finally. Finally

22:38

they get it done. Rama's

22:40

Aviation says if we win game five

22:42

we are talking. I was having

22:44

a conversation Trevor with

22:46

some people while I was leaving the event which is the

22:49

reason why I wasn't on tonight and

22:51

they said the Lakers win

22:53

tonight. It's going to seven.

22:55

I was like alright we gotta go

22:57

one game at a time. Pump

23:00

the brain. Let's win game five and then you

23:02

come back home and win game six. But

23:05

I will say

23:07

that you win game five. I

23:10

actually am going to agree. You win game five it

23:13

does get interesting because then

23:15

if it does it's going back to that

23:17

guy's statement get to a game seven then

23:19

it doesn't matter. From the standpoint of like

23:21

we have Lebronte freaking James and Anthony Davis

23:23

check ball let's go. That

23:26

would be kind of like the mentality at

23:28

least for me if it did somehow get to a

23:30

game seven. But gotta win game five

23:32

on Monday's could be a very fun and stressful

23:35

evening and make sure you guys tune in

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with us on playback. Playback.tv slash Lakers Nation.

23:40

100 percent. 100 percent definitely gotta go

23:42

check that out. A-Cash

23:44

said it feels like a dream. They won

23:46

11. Why not us? Three

23:48

more. Hey someone

23:51

at some point is going to come back from down.

23:54

Oh three. Is it likely? No,

23:56

because it's never been done before. So

23:59

you can't say that's. Likely to happen. But.

24:01

Someday somebody's going to do it. Sounds.

24:04

Air Act. Is. In the back here and

24:06

now. Bike. Virally buried deep in

24:08

the back to your head like. Could.

24:11

They do It could happen. They. Can

24:13

happen. Sure, The

24:15

Optimistic. The. Optimistic.

24:18

I. Am a try to do the

24:20

the Scorpio Sky version of this I

24:22

can tell my camera unfortunately. ah we

24:24

were all the school full of the

24:27

loop. if it's. We've

24:29

well the smog if we a shot

24:31

a building. The movie. Have you

24:34

seen Ricky? Snit is the nicky. Know

24:37

I was Yeah, I'd you want here. So you

24:39

know if you have to see that movie before

24:41

you understand what you're doing? Also.

24:43

That's why you're doing this or that the has set

24:45

a bigger job. I was doing that but there's

24:48

a bit in that movie. Words.

24:51

That yeah, Okay source a job

24:53

and and watch Ricky for Nicky before

24:55

who have to go see a movie

24:57

and then and then you'll understand. What

25:00

What You're doing? As

25:02

it's it's Se Asia. Okay,

25:04

let me. Use

25:07

you probably want to watch that before.

25:10

Before you could send it. Was

25:13

hates her as a warning sad vote

25:15

for. Like

25:17

the has a certain is

25:19

that. Are easy

25:22

it is looking offer a good old

25:24

job on low rates are when you're

25:26

around thirty. One

25:30

young. Boy.

25:34

says. The Pg show here. Says

25:37

and that that that's a plus Model said. I

25:39

know I'm not falling for a litter of great

25:42

when at a show, some sort of fight and

25:44

not lay down which they very well could have

25:46

wake me up if he gets to three to.

25:48

Le. Bron was the first to come back down.

25:51

Three one babies. the first comeback. Reopen.

25:53

Yeah I mean. I.

25:55

thought this was some the talking points going

25:57

into the game was when the nuggets their

26:00

run or try to make their run. What

26:02

do the Lakers do? Do they wilt?

26:04

Do they say, hey, Cancun,

26:06

let's start thinking about the beach. We don't want

26:09

to get on a plane back to Denver. That

26:12

kind of stuff. Or do

26:14

they say, uh-uh, not tonight. The streak

26:16

ends tonight. We're fighting through this. I'm

26:19

happy to say it was the ladder. The

26:21

Denver Nuggets tried to do their thing, tried to

26:23

come back, and the Lakers answered. Every

26:25

time the Nuggets tried to make their run, the

26:28

Lakers came back. They scored. At one point, the

26:30

league got cut down to seven. It got a

26:32

little nervy in that moment, but then the Lakers

26:34

battled right back. So I'm

26:37

proud to say the Lakers, their mentality

26:39

was to fight and to

26:42

believe, and it paid off. Absolutely.

26:46

Yeah. I mean,

26:50

like what Yabranco says here, they

26:52

had every right almost. And honestly,

26:54

part of me almost expected it.

26:57

I feel like a lot of the fan base kind of expected

26:59

them to come out with the fight. Denver

27:02

pushes back, obviously, and LA just falls

27:04

down because Redown 03,

27:07

this is the same story, et cetera,

27:10

right? But it's so encouraging to

27:12

see this team like saying, no, no, we

27:14

are standing our ground here. We're going to

27:16

win this game. We're going to give us

27:18

another shot. We're going to go back to

27:20

Denver on Monday night. That is absolutely

27:23

encouraging. And Trevor, I really appreciate this. I

27:25

appreciate all super chats, obviously, but this one

27:27

is a really optimistic lens

27:30

to look through. Super chat here

27:32

says the series isn't three, oh, anymore. It's

27:34

three, one. And that has been done before.

27:36

That is a great way to look at

27:39

it. Good point. We

27:41

will point. I like it. I

27:43

like it. Kirk said break the broom. Yep. No, you're

27:46

good. He just

27:48

said break the broom. Uh, the

27:50

nature of I said, mind blown. Ham used his

27:52

challenge. I thought he was saving

27:54

it for the critical game eight. I

27:56

saw this on my matches on Twitter. Oh

28:01

man You see those

28:03

shows where they go into like hoarders houses and

28:06

they've got like Newspapers from 20 years

28:08

ago and stuff like stacked to the

28:10

ceiling. Oh, okay Yeah, that's that's Darvin

28:12

ham with timeouts and challenges, right? Not

28:14

today's game but Darvin ham like in

28:17

his in his home He's got stacked

28:19

to the ceiling all these

28:21

unused timeouts and challenges. I Saw

28:24

a saving for another day. I saw

28:26

a comment on Twitter from somebody This is obviously

28:29

assuming like if the Lakers had lost game for

28:31

that Uh, the Darvos going

28:33

to use all save timeouts and challenges in the

28:35

Philippine League, but he got fired. Oh No,

28:39

Mike G Jay

28:44

hoodie says finally I read

28:46

this in the rocks voice. I don't know. How about you? Yeah,

28:49

you have to yeah, you

28:51

have to Oh

28:54

Man, what a fun night. Do you want

28:56

to do star in your role? Do you want to keep going? Yeah,

28:59

let's do star in your role Yeah,

29:02

let's hit it Star

29:06

in your role The

29:10

star in your role chat fire it

29:12

off not LeBron not a

29:14

D who do you think? Delivered

29:18

the most from the other guys Who

29:20

wasn't give me your thoughts? I'm

29:24

seeing Who

29:26

are you going? I'm gonna go DeAngelo Russell

29:28

I feel like I've kind of been setting it up for

29:30

it to be D low at this point Again,

29:33

when he's playing this well He

29:36

raises the floor of this offense by a lot

29:38

because again like I talked about we talked about

29:40

that action at the Lakers ran Which

29:42

was virtually unstoppable down the stretch. I mean

29:45

like you say got him what for four

29:47

straight buckets for

29:49

Braun and That

29:52

doesn't work if D low does have a

29:54

good game because Denver doesn't have to guard

29:56

it that way if D lows and playing

29:58

well so So I'm gonna

30:00

go to the end of the Russell. The shots are

30:02

falling really, and I mean, he

30:04

yields me pitches tonight four for eight. Different

30:07

team deals playing well. And honestly,

30:09

Dilo might be the biggest x fire. Maybe

30:12

not Dilo might just be one of the guards. So

30:14

you can get that performance out of

30:16

him or AR, which is why there's definitely

30:18

definite reasons to go at Austin too. He

30:21

was great 21 and six. He had a

30:23

couple of defensive lapses with with Jamal down

30:25

the stretch. But

30:28

shout out Dilo, man. It was incredible. Yeah,

30:30

I thought Dilo was great. I would agree. I

30:32

would make Dilo the star in your role for

30:34

this one. This is

30:36

what makes it so much more painful, though,

30:39

that you lost game two, because if

30:41

you get a good Dilo game, the Lakers are

30:43

a different team. And we saw that tonight. We

30:45

saw it in game two. I

30:47

mean, really, that's that's what it takes for the Lakers

30:49

to win. You need there's obviously a

30:51

lot of stuff, right? I mean, the rebounding that all

30:54

that sort of stuff, the three point shooting, the

30:56

percentages but when you get a good game out

30:58

of the angel Russell, the Lakers are a different

31:00

team than when you don't. They're a very

31:03

difficult team to beat when you go to good game out of

31:05

the angel Russell, which makes it more difficult that the lost game

31:07

too, because you've got a good Dilo game in

31:09

that one and you still managed to lose. Now

31:11

you essentially need good Dilo games the

31:14

rest of the way. He's got to have a

31:16

good game five. If you if you survive it, he's got to

31:18

have a good game six. You survive that he's got to have

31:20

a good game seven. If you're going to

31:22

win this year, if you're going to have any chance to win

31:24

in the series. Again, it's not probable that the Lakers are going

31:26

to come back and win the series. But

31:30

one game at a time and they just got this one. So

31:33

before we continue, I want to get your

31:35

opinions on something because the first thing that

31:37

sticks out to me, like the box score

31:40

outside, like the points up at the stars,

31:43

I see I looked at the Torian Prince that 29

31:45

minutes I look up at Seabrooh Hachimori at 21 minutes.

31:48

So the reason I bring that up is

31:51

one of the big moments is game Torian Prince is on the game

31:53

floor. So Dilo was

31:56

a Dilo Austin Torian, Braun AD

31:58

that sounds right, right? Yes,

32:02

and you look at the game. Yeah,

32:04

you look at some of the like line

32:06

of data I don't know if this is

32:08

including tonight, but for the series against Denver

32:10

This is perfectly in the glass the

32:13

starters D. Little Austin Ruri LeBron ad

32:15

much bigger sample size 141 possessions It's

32:18

a plus 2.6 Yeah,

32:21

plus 2.6 overall, right? But

32:23

then you look at lineups if we filter this

32:25

out you look at lineups with Braun

32:28

and root Anna Torian prints together.

32:30

So which means touring is the

32:32

three D. Lo Austin Torian

32:34

Braun ad and it's only 24 minutes

32:37

is a plus 62 and a half If you

32:39

go to any lineup in general

32:41

now Not just that specific lineup any

32:43

lineup in general with LeBron and Torian prints

32:46

together has a hundred and six Possessions played

32:48

and they're a plus 14.2 Do

32:51

you think that's something that Lakers can go to More

32:54

as we look at look ahead

32:56

at game five and however long the series

32:58

extends afterwards Or do you think that was

33:00

just like tonight it worked game three maybe

33:02

even at work don't know the longevity

33:04

of it You mean essentially just

33:07

going Tory it's going Torian

33:09

over Rui in that lineup. Yes,

33:12

I more like the only lineup Yeah,

33:14

so like all these lineups except to its

33:17

Torian Braun together with like Hayes or

33:19

or ad Sure Yeah,

33:22

I do think that the reason why you

33:24

needed to go with Torian in this one

33:26

tonight It wasn't just you

33:28

know, it wasn't much of an offensive thing like

33:30

really was four for eight He was one for

33:32

three from three Torian three for seven

33:34

one for four from three Yet

33:37

more rebounds that I had really but it

33:40

was mostly who was gonna do the best job

33:43

Chasing Michael Porter jr. Because you saw in the

33:45

second half as we were following the same game

33:47

script, right? It was the same game script of

33:49

every game Lakers are up at halftime Denver surges

33:51

in the second half Michael Porter jr. Hits a

33:54

bunch of shots and that's the ballgame,

33:56

right? Rui

33:58

was struggling chasing There

34:00

were some moments where Rui, there

34:02

was a big moment where Rui gambled going

34:04

for a steal on a pass that went

34:07

out to Porter Jr and get the steal

34:09

and Porter Jr hit the three. They

34:12

were running him off all kinds of screens. Rui wasn't

34:14

doing a great job chasing. We've talked about over the

34:16

course of the season, Torian isn't great

34:18

as a chaser either, but

34:20

I thought he was doing a better job. He's a

34:23

little quicker than really was. And

34:25

so I think that probably is the

34:27

way you go with this, knowing how

34:29

deadly Porter Jr. can be and knowing

34:32

how switched off Rui Hachimura

34:34

can be even for a split second.

34:36

That can be death in Porter Jr.

34:39

So I do think in lieu of turning to

34:41

like a Max Christie or something and

34:43

asking him to be your off ball chaser around screens, which I

34:45

don't think they're going to, they're not going to do that at

34:48

this point. I haven't played them. So

34:50

I do think Torian is actually the better

34:52

option at this point. You

34:55

start Torian. I still think the answer is no.

34:58

No, like, no, I start Torian. This

35:00

is fine. Like the minute, like

35:03

you still start Rui, but like you give,

35:05

especially in the second half for an off

35:07

ball chaser, you go to Torian. Like, yeah.

35:11

Were you surprised that Christian would, despite being

35:13

available for tonight's game, saw no minutes and

35:15

said it was Jackson Hayes? I

35:18

was personally. I thought as soon as

35:20

I saw Christian Wood was available,

35:22

I thought he was going to play. It's

35:25

just for like being in any, I mean, how

35:27

many minutes in the Jack Hayes place? Six. That

35:30

right? Yeah. Like to eat

35:32

innings for six minutes and maybe guard.

35:34

I don't even think AD basically

35:36

was out there when. So I actually

35:39

know I'm going to change my answer actually,

35:41

because if you're kids, if I recall correctly,

35:43

80s man to basically be matched up with

35:45

yoga just now to where these

35:48

six minutes where it's Jackson Hayes on the

35:50

floor, it's no yokage. So I'm going

35:52

to say no, because the only reason why is Jack

35:54

says that they wanted to blitz Chamomile

35:56

ball screens to get more aggressive that

35:58

you have more ability. to do that

36:01

with Jackson AC probably will Christian would especially

36:03

come out the injury hasn't played since

36:06

February 14th So

36:09

no, I'm not actually I'm gonna change my answer.

36:11

What about you? I Was

36:14

surprised that we didn't see Christian what I thought.

36:16

Okay, he's available They're gonna use him to space

36:18

the floor a little bit on the offensive end

36:20

particularly with how badly they got crushed on the

36:22

boards Last game that we were gonna see Christian

36:24

would out there Jackson Hayes frankly hadn't played well

36:26

in the series And so it was

36:28

a big vote of confidence I think and a bit of

36:30

a gamble for Darban ham to go with Jackson Hayes I

36:33

thought he's did just fine. He missed a

36:35

little bunny at the rim, but But

36:38

he went with him and I thought he's pulled down a

36:40

few big rebounds and things like that. So we'll take it

36:43

Yeah, and when saying okay love

36:45

the wind, but I honestly don't know how to

36:47

feel should I have hope either way

36:49

Thank you for the late Lakers for the win

36:51

PS go Rams go Lakers. All right,

36:54

let's yeah that that first team change

36:56

that first team Go Chargers go

36:58

Lakers. I'm sorry. Well, you gotta go with the

37:00

LA team though right

37:03

the Rams are in st. Louis You

37:09

know what I'm saying No,

37:11

but Should I

37:14

have hope? Yeah, I

37:16

mean you should have hope I Don't

37:18

think I don't think you should have so much hope that you

37:21

should just be like that's it. It's done

37:23

The Lakers are advancing It's

37:26

over because then it looks you're going back

37:28

to Denver for game five That's gonna be a very difficult

37:30

game five Denver's gonna be the heavy favorite in that game

37:35

So I wouldn't look at this and say oh it's likely

37:37

the Lakers are gonna win but should you have some hope

37:39

yeah They won a game. We'll take

37:41

it. There's something there There's

37:44

something there. Is it likely?

37:47

No, I don't I don't think you should go

37:49

bet your house that they're gonna win it Or

37:51

something like that, right? I don't think you should

37:53

be Devastated at this point if they lose and

37:55

be shocked most likely

37:57

Denver still wins the series But

38:00

the Lakers kept themselves alive. And

38:02

you never know in sports. All you can do

38:04

is keep yourself alive and take it one

38:06

game at a time. Mission accomplished for

38:08

this one. Now you got to do it again on Monday. Yes,

38:12

you should have hope. Like I said, like Trevor just

38:15

said, there is a little birdie,

38:18

I guess, in the back of my head that's

38:20

saying the Lakers can do this and Lakers can

38:22

pull this off. But again,

38:24

one game at a time, you've got to go one Monday night. Yep,

38:28

got to go get that win. Yep. All

38:31

right, losing game two makes this more

38:33

brutal. We could have had a series

38:36

chance, but whatever we win game five,

38:38

the biggest are in serious trouble because

38:41

one thing we have outplayed them the majority

38:43

of these games. Well, the Lakers have destroyed

38:45

the Nuggets in the first half. If you

38:48

take the cumulative scores in the first half,

38:50

the Lakers are blowing out the Nuggets. Unfortunately,

38:53

the inverse is true in the second half.

38:55

So the Lakers

38:57

have outplayed the Nuggets for half of these

38:59

games, essentially, is what we've seen. Did

39:03

you hear that? I want

39:05

to say that Bob Myers brought it up or the

39:07

amount of minutes a team has led in this

39:09

series? No. It's

39:12

a lot. What was it? At

39:14

one point, I think

39:17

it was like 93. They've been up for the vast majority

39:19

of the series, right? Like 93 to 44 at

39:21

one point in terms of minutes led. That's

39:25

maybe middle of the third quarter. So who knows

39:27

what it ultimately wound up being? It was obviously

39:29

in the hundreds. But I'm just

39:32

saying that I'm like, man, that is insane. That's

39:37

crazy. But

39:39

it's right when you think about it. The Nuggets

39:41

didn't lead at all in game two

39:43

until the last second. Or

39:47

maybe they led early in the first or something. But

39:49

most of the way, it had to be 46 minutes or

39:52

whatever of that game the Lakers led. Yeah.

39:55

So yeah, the Lakers would have a lot of minutes. Let all

39:57

of the night. Yeah.

40:00

They were. They let the whole game tonight, right? So.

40:03

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Ah, As gross as a

40:21

feals picking a clipper. Paul. George Point

40:23

Five Point Zero will take the free be there.

40:25

On I don't know if we watch

40:28

that, are they game three? I'm joking

40:30

or. Let's.

40:33

Go Joss Hard! For. The next.

40:36

Pivotal. Dame for New York

40:39

and Philly. He's. Been really

40:41

good. Points.

40:43

Rebounds and assists at thirty and a half,

40:45

he's cleared that three of his last for.

40:48

Josh. Hard a monster on the boards for the

40:50

next. Yeah, so a shot. I'm feeling pretty

40:52

good about josh. Heart of the money or more there. I.

40:55

Agree, I was thirteen a half

40:58

right? Yeah. Thirty and

41:00

a half points, rebounds, and assists combine. Yeah.

41:02

Me Josh heart is averaging twenty

41:04

one Eleven in for in a

41:06

serious. Matter of again, keep scoring

41:08

twenty Who knows. but like either way to

41:11

a really good about that. Yeah, would would

41:13

take it, will take it and then let's

41:15

finish it off. Will go Luca fifty three

41:17

and a half points, rebounds and assists. he

41:19

has been under. On. All

41:21

of those the last four games. He's

41:25

listed as day to day, he's dealing with an

41:27

injury i don't look employees and is great and

41:29

I think he's going to play but I'll be

41:32

great. I. Hope he puts the

41:34

The Clippers in a very precarious position.

41:36

They go up three one. But.

41:39

I'm gonna go less on this. I.

41:41

Would agree and the one that number

41:43

is insane and for to read as

41:46

good. So much attention from the Clippers

41:48

young intern of that Glitters defense schemes

41:50

that that's too tough man I'm go

41:52

loud as well. Alright folks.

41:54

Oh in the chat if you're played along

41:56

with us. Ah, that is a five point

41:58

three, five x entry ten. Injury Word

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fifty cents. Go check em out.

42:04

That is Sweeper. I've got some

42:06

good stuff. Going. On there.

42:10

Ah alright shot, I go

42:12

back and forth trying to

42:14

undo. This are

42:16

at everybody. Let's.

42:18

Get into a few more questions and

42:20

comments here. Yup, Ah

42:23

mom, it's hard. He says they showed

42:26

it. And played all

42:28

four quarters. Need more? If we

42:30

want to win in Denver, Is

42:32

it possible? maybe go Lakers? Made

42:37

possible or it now let eight.

42:40

Days routing I did. They really they

42:42

should have one deemed to at Denver

42:44

like we've already seen them. Play.

42:47

A game that really they should have one.

42:49

In Denver. So. Yes,

42:51

it's possible. It's definitely possible.

42:54

I know, I know, we're talking about alike

42:57

in a frustrating my perfume locker room. That

42:59

almost has to be like her as it. Subsea.

43:02

The hype you up almost like. We.

43:04

Let these dudes in are saying that

43:06

Much more explicit words than deeds that I

43:09

were already did. One screw up on

43:11

the show are going to keep it

43:13

a family friendly program here. You

43:16

have to kind of feel excited about the

43:18

opportunity again. Be. Like okay. Last

43:21

year a happen again to where we were up

43:23

the entire game in Somalia nuts as a fourth

43:25

quarter. And. Then if your game

43:28

to we were up to one. He.

43:30

Is. And off the we're up when eight would

43:32

like to thirty. Let them want to say avenge Mod

43:35

for game winner over a D Brom If is a

43:37

three to put him up three. I'm.

43:39

Like. You have to kind of too excited. be

43:41

like or it now week him when in Denver.

43:43

We bought these dudes off the hook let's free

43:46

can go check ball. And. Yeah I

43:48

mean. It's it's It's possible that

43:50

you've proved it, possibly got the monkey off

43:52

your back. Now you've finally be in Denver

43:54

and now you're like, ah, like I said,

43:56

we should have won games. It's who was

43:59

it. One last. In Denver. Like.

44:01

The Eat. Yes, it's possible you can get into.

44:04

I shot. This is a quote from

44:06

audience or Russell after the a while

44:09

paraphrasing what the said from the Lakers

44:11

nation. Check out Ah Dyilo Thought the

44:13

Lakers made a third quarter adjustment tonight.

44:15

They came out in attack mode, didn't

44:17

play on their heels, and they executed

44:19

their gameplan more to maintain their lead.

44:21

When he says executing the game plan.

44:24

I. Think that means in a running plays and

44:26

not just freelancing. so either he's absolutely right and

44:28

that as far as come out in mode said,

44:31

there did seem so seem to be some determination

44:33

from the Lakers the third quarter that even though

44:35

they lost the third quarter the goes only by

44:37

to. Ah, Yeah, I lost

44:39

the third quarter. Thirty Two to thirty. There seem

44:41

to be some. Defiance.

44:44

In the Lakers were they were said

44:46

no, Not tonight. We're not giving you

44:48

this run of the third. Tonight Tonight.

44:50

We're. Staying with you in this quarter and it

44:53

makes all the difference in the world. I.

44:56

I'm sorry, I just don't

44:58

like the ah. Ah

45:01

Muslims say with the. Woodwork.

45:04

We weren't playing on our heels, Last

45:06

said. Yeah. I said my

45:08

right leg on their heels and x and

45:11

they executed their gameplan. I don't like

45:13

to play on the heels. Things I feel like. Dog.

45:16

Would it would he talked about ganglia Magda

45:18

gave to you. Came out of the third

45:20

quarter and built the twenty point lead. worms.

45:22

Why are you playing on your heels will

45:24

be corrupt? Swarthy, I

45:27

don't know. Madonna: idle idle like

45:29

that part of the quote. By.

45:32

Me Again, point there is nonetheless yes Lakers

45:34

game outgrowth of like you said is almost

45:37

like them defines to a like you mention.

45:39

Where. They said no, We're not losing

45:42

tonight. Not here. Maybe get

45:44

it's another day down the robots Dave? Not

45:46

that day. And. I yeah lakers

45:48

the and move on to gain by Monday night

45:50

I'm sure will. Break. Them out of

45:52

our whole lot more. How Leading into Monday? For.

45:55

Sure, there are plenty to talk about in that one.

45:57

All right, let's get get back to our questions or

45:59

comments. The Lakers said do

46:02

you bleed. The. Oh that's from.

46:05

Yes, Okay, ah, hello

46:07

Bill Batman reference or so happy

46:09

Dyilo showed life the second half.

46:11

If he was checked out already,

46:13

we'd be done for sure. One

46:16

more game is the mantra. Yeah,

46:20

right? I'm A. That's all you can do if

46:22

you're the Lakers. win the next game. That's it.

46:24

You. Can't worry about will. We gotta win for the

46:26

rope or you can do is win the next

46:28

game and twenty. That's it. You

46:30

are years under. You. Everything like

46:32

the Cavs videos from when they came back

46:34

down. three one like from the inside, the

46:37

locker room and stuff. Ah,

46:40

Were. Like bronze you might be, they have

46:42

to. These are talking about like the mines.

46:44

A You gotta have whatever leading up to

46:46

each game in A Is this the finals

46:49

When down three? one or a never. And

46:51

if I'm Ron I'm spamming that right. Has

46:53

a greener pastures to pick a by like

46:55

burrow. Been. A situation before

46:58

personally lobbied differ but now like that com

47:00

at that early were not down three A

47:02

were down three one right arm. Go

47:04

when Edit: Very similar situation for

47:07

you to set, set the stage

47:09

or nicely Trevor. right? And

47:11

very similar situation. You gotta win game

47:13

five at their house. Go.

47:15

Back to the A. Home game. Six

47:17

So yeah, I'm Brian. I'm spamming that

47:19

in the locker room unacceptable days. But.

47:22

Ah Jason, Kelly. says.

47:24

Love that the Lakers won. Hated

47:27

hate that this health documents get.

47:30

Oh man. Ah,

47:33

They were five balloon game

47:35

six.russell employed. With. The

47:37

Lakers the least. Nothing

47:40

interesting Question: Okay, we're still going

47:42

know aka. I

47:44

do like. I don't think it's something. That's enough. So.

47:48

Any person exit in any capacity

47:50

as. Yeah. I.

47:52

Don't. like let's say

47:54

is on how good serve as is it

47:56

should be that's like saying either now i'm

47:59

not saying i don't know what carbon is

48:01

they here I think I don't

48:03

know because I don't know if that's what they're actually going

48:05

to do I think again we are

48:07

thinking way too far I'm thinking way too far ahead

48:10

let's say it gets to a game seven somehow and

48:13

the Lakers lose game seven I can absolutely

48:16

see the Lakers talking themselves into letting Darwin stick

48:18

around for one more year it

48:20

shouldn't they shouldn't but I but

48:23

I could see what you're saying yeah I

48:25

could see what you're saying it

48:29

sucks that can

48:31

make I can

48:33

yeah if the own

48:35

Reams play like this the Lakers have a chance yeah

48:37

I mean if you if you get production out of

48:39

your starting back court you have a chance

48:41

to win 42 points yeah

48:45

I have to say you need 42 points but like

48:47

you need something yeah just

48:49

need just efficient production uh

48:54

today I got a Lakers hat for free from a

48:56

guy at the mall should I

48:58

call this a lucky hat from now on

49:01

yes first of

49:03

all congrats you know on going to a

49:05

mall not many people do that

49:07

so much anymore it's not like the 80s but

49:10

um yeah but

49:13

like it used to be well you don't know this but

49:15

like the mall used to be like where you go to

49:17

hang out right

49:19

like the mall used to be the place before

49:22

you could just go like on to Twitter or

49:24

whatever you want to and then you can find

49:26

everybody instagram and all that people used to go

49:28

to the mall as the place to

49:30

go hang out and meet up with your friends and and all that

49:33

kind of stuff and you you call your

49:35

mom collect and just say hey mom come pick me up then

49:37

hang up real quick so they don't have to pay for it

49:39

you know things like that that used to be the thing back

49:42

in the day so even malls are not as

49:44

popular as they used to be but they're still cool um

49:47

yeah back in my day um

49:50

but should you call this a lucky

49:52

hat yes number one and

49:54

two you are now

49:56

obligated i'm assuming you wore that hat during the

49:58

game you are now obligated to wear

50:01

that hat For

50:03

the next game. I'm glad we brought that

50:05

up. So chat. I'm gonna involve you guys here on this

50:07

one I'm

50:12

obligated to miss playback on Monday

50:14

night That's

50:22

right Missed

50:24

it on this one and the Lakers won so that had to

50:26

be it had that had to

50:28

be it, right I must have

50:30

been it. Joey said

50:32

ADM Braun making me believe let's go Lakers

50:36

Let's go go Avon

50:41

traders Lakers were one shot away in

50:43

game two from this series being tied

50:45

to two You're

50:49

right Yeah, or

50:51

at least like that game went over time. You

50:53

having a chance to you know,

50:56

wait, that's a

50:58

bunch of the Wambow fence Dimitri

51:02

says we finally won AD and D

51:04

low were great D low plus 15

51:08

And plus minus best on the team ham should have

51:10

played max and Christian wood, but I'll definitely take it

51:13

go Lakers AD D low LeBron.

51:15

They were all great Austin had some big plays,

51:17

too. Yeah, take it

51:20

for sure We

51:22

will absolutely take it You

51:26

ready show time Audiences

51:35

are falling in love with the most entertaining

51:37

film of the year Well, the fall guy

51:40

for the poster set the Ryan Guttling and

51:42

Emily Blount in the movie critics say exists

51:44

to make you happy Turn make out and

51:46

I don't need that. That what I'm into

51:49

right now. Well, you went to talking. Yeah

51:51

Okay, the fall guy

51:53

only in theaters made third rated PG-13 Get

51:57

Ready for the greatest roast of.

52:02

Rating or that puts five of

52:04

it happening me posted like Kevin

52:06

Art to seven so I'm worried

52:08

she of his just as good

52:10

soldier the by swiping his clothes

52:12

and finally to put it on

52:14

forgettable like where everything is. Fair

52:16

Trade to read on rape. Civic.

52:24

Net flicks, Shooter.

52:27

Great weird refs. Zoc. Why?

52:29

Did the coaches ignore Le Bron, who's

52:31

the replacement for him? What's. Up with

52:34

the other the game show jews the don't matter. I

52:37

mean I was glad he challenged the one that

52:39

he did because I got like they were up

52:41

what nine But let's say the Nuggets come down

52:43

They hit. It's reasonably to six point game with

52:45

like thirty five seconds to play or something. We

52:48

all are still and exuding to win. Without.

52:51

The. Also the next game. Yeah.

52:53

We'll side so I was glad that him challenge

52:55

really did. Ah, why did they

52:58

ignore Le Bron? I don't know. They.

53:00

Should up as I dig in the moment. They.

53:03

Didn't have enough time to look at the

53:05

play themselves and they didn't want to risk.

53:08

Losing the challenge and the time out.

53:10

But. The. I

53:12

mean, it's a quick decision in the heat

53:15

of the moment. But looking

53:17

back I'm sure the the coaches probably feel

53:19

I we should have challenge their to. I

53:21

think they made a mistake. Absolutely.

53:25

And then for Daria replacements. I'm I'm

53:27

sure we'll talk about that a lot

53:29

more in the future. But. Tonight.

53:32

Celebrate. The when. And I

53:34

amulets we were a broadcasters. Are you

53:37

guys celebrate that right? yet? He gets

53:39

a dorm at him. Replacements.

53:41

Demaurice Smith. As

53:44

right. That's right. Chris.

53:46

Says great seem game and a good

53:48

when lakers him and elimination game is

53:51

all we need. Hopefully we get one

53:53

with in Denver L and L a

53:55

G Spinal A The streak is broken.

53:58

Yeah. I mean you get the. win in

54:01

Denver. It

54:03

starts to get really interesting, doesn't it? Denver's

54:06

gonna start getting really tense. You

54:09

get the win in Denver, especially

54:11

because they gotta come back to LA. If

54:13

it was the inverse, I'm like, eh, okay,

54:15

like, whatever, not whatever. You

54:17

get what I'm saying, right? Like the, it's

54:20

almost still more pressure on you, but

54:23

you in game five, now you're going back

54:25

to LA for that game six, which I

54:27

think is on two days rest, which would

54:29

be even more important for

54:31

this Lakers team. And obviously you win that,

54:34

you got game seven in Denver. But again,

54:36

when game five talking about game 16, seven

54:38

later, the exact opposite

54:40

of the super chat, a couple of

54:42

super chats ago, talking about firing Darvin

54:44

and Darvin hammer placements. This one says,

54:46

give Darvin ham the extension. I added

54:48

the ham part, but give him

54:50

the extension. That's

54:53

gotta be like a warrior's fan or something like that,

54:55

or a nugget or a fan of some other, some

54:58

other team coming in here saying,

55:01

give Darvin an extension. They just want to

55:03

prolong everything for the Lakers. I'm

55:05

trying to think of the logic here though,

55:07

because the logic is give Darvin the extension

55:10

because he broke the streak. The streak started

55:12

with him as the head coach. All

55:15

right. Oh man.

55:18

That's funny. All right.

55:20

Let's get to the master lock of the night.

55:22

Here we go. Master

55:25

lock of the night. Chat,

55:30

what was the most annoying thing

55:33

from this game? I've

55:35

got one. In fact,

55:37

I'm just going to go first this time. I

55:40

usually throw it to somebody. I'm going to go first on this one. LeBron

55:45

James, 14 of 23

55:48

shooting, five boards,

55:50

four assists, three steals, plays

55:52

39 minutes, two

55:58

free throws. For LeBron James.

56:00

I thought you were about to mess with LeBron, but

56:02

please continue. No. I was like, where are you

56:04

going? For LeBron James

56:07

in a game, which we saw him

56:09

multiple times get cleaned out at the

56:11

rim There was another play

56:13

where LeBron even scored got contact from Jamal

56:15

Murray where you know If it was the

56:17

other way around if Jamal Murray was driving

56:19

to the basket and got contact from LeBron

56:21

He's getting that call. He's going to the

56:23

free-throw line. LeBron scored it did not get

56:26

the whistle LeBron James

56:28

two free-throw attempts I

56:30

thought he got penalized for being bigger and stronger

56:32

in this game As he tends

56:35

to do but I also thought there were

56:37

a number of times when LeBron just gritted his teeth

56:39

and said fine I'm going to the basket got

56:41

contact and was

56:43

not Given the

56:46

whistle that he should have gotten So

56:48

LeBron's whistle is frustrating to watch at times.

56:50

This was one of those games I

56:53

thought LeBron was in attack mode way too much

56:55

to only finish the game with two free throws

56:57

and i'm not trying to complain Or whatever in

56:59

a game the Lakers won, but that

57:01

stat jumps out at me in a game in

57:03

which LeBron shoots 23 shots Didn't

57:05

take a ton of threes and spent the bulk

57:08

of the game putting his head down and trying

57:10

to drive to the rim and and get into

57:13

Contact situations for him

57:15

to only shoot a pair of free throws Is

57:18

extremely surprising and frustrating Yeah,

57:21

I mean there was a point where like fourth

57:24

quarter late 30 even like Bronn

57:26

was just going to the rim possessed out

57:28

to possession Especially if Aaron Gorda

57:30

was it on him? Um,

57:32

so yeah, brawn and brawn. I mean

57:34

i've been saying for a while man

57:36

brawn gets like a top five worst

57:38

whistle in the league right,

57:41

um And it's

57:43

for a damn near 40 year old like

57:46

that's ridiculous Um for the amount

57:48

of drives he still gets like brawn I

57:50

mean bro, imagine brawn getting Not

57:54

even a honest whistle, but whatever a

57:56

mid-tier whistle is with

57:58

some semi-consistency like Oh

58:00

my gosh, man Yeah,

58:03

the Whistler Braun is insane. I'm

58:05

just gonna master like ham for the challenge thing I

58:07

know we've talked about it a ton So I won't

58:09

go too much and more in depth about it But

58:11

bro your best player one of the top three players

58:13

of all times Or in

58:15

are you one of your best players if

58:17

I said the best player suffer debate I

58:20

don't really care but you challenge especially if

58:22

he is that adamant you freaking challenge it

58:24

and if he is wrong Don't

58:26

care especially I mean, I know

58:28

a lot like fans are actually upset about this They wound

58:30

up calling a timeout like 40 seconds

58:33

later because Denver gets the layup

58:35

on that same possession You

58:37

missed the shot and they come right back down score

58:39

again So it's like brah you were gonna call a

58:41

timeout like probably anyway, especially given

58:43

the time and score I think it was like four

58:45

minutes left. Maybe a little bit more So

58:47

you're gonna have to use the loser use

58:50

it timeout anyway Yeah,

58:52

I'm gonna go by ham for that moment,

58:54

but I do think overall a really well

58:57

Schematic coach game from Darwin just that

58:59

decision was incredibly frustrating and yeah I

59:02

thought it was close but the replay

59:04

said no, that's very clearly off KCP.

59:06

So yeah, frustrating Yeah,

59:08

I think that's a that's a good one to

59:10

master lock as well with that moment Not using

59:13

the challenge when LeBron was so adamant

59:16

About using it. All right Um

59:20

Let's do a couple more and then we'll and then we'll

59:22

call it and you can get the post post game show

59:24

started sweet Feels

59:29

like the refs give Denver instant foul calls Lakers

59:31

have to fight each other for a call Yeah, Denver

59:33

25 free throw tips. So all

59:36

the people that screamed about free throw discrepancy

59:38

And the league is rigging things for the

59:40

Lakers. I'm sure they're very quiet tonight I

59:44

I'm not gonna go on the rant again I've

59:46

explained it way too many times at this point

59:49

why it's ridiculous to complain about a Lakers free

59:51

throw discrepancy, but Denver

59:53

I thought did get a very kind whistle

59:56

in this game and all the more impressive that the Lakers

59:58

were able to walk away with the win. Yes,

1:00:02

absolutely. Patrick

1:00:05

again with reiterating kind of the

1:00:07

same sentiment here. I was

1:00:10

so upset that the coaches

1:00:12

didn't make a challenge on the bronze

1:00:14

call ball watching. Same

1:00:18

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1:00:22

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1:01:03

I know you got to get the post

1:01:05

post game show started in just a

1:01:07

moment. But

1:01:10

oh, Michael said, what time are we doing it? I got

1:01:12

to take a look at that and figure out what the

1:01:14

best time to do that is. I'll put it in the

1:01:16

community section tomorrow. Once I've got

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a little bit of time to decompress after

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this this night, which was a fantastic

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Lakers win. But thank

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you everybody for coming in. Shawn's gonna have the post post

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game show starting just a moment. Super chat so I didn't

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get to will save and we'll get to him on the

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next show. Next show we're gonna be preparing for game five.

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Let's go. The Lakers survive in

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this one. Shawn, glad to have you coming

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coming on the show here. Sorry you had

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to miss during the game, but

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I think that means your band for playback for

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the next game. I'm

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gonna miss it so much. No,

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I'll be I don't know. I guess we

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have to put up a poll on the channel or

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something. Am I allowed to be on playback? Game

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five All

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right, everybody, thank you for joining us Sean's post

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post game show is gonna be starting in just

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a few minutes till then We'll see

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you and stay safe