Ben DuBose

They're tied in the loss column with the Nuggets.

And then conversely, like the Lakers have 16 losses, the Suns and Timberwolves have 17.

So you can fall behind by a spot or two very easily if you have a bad week.

Top four means you have home court advantage in at least one round.

Get to two, you have home court advantage in at least two rounds of the playoffs.

Is it more important for this team to aggressively go after that two seed given what their home versus road performance shows?

Like going into the year, I would have said no because this team is more veteran laden and historically, you know, a veteran type team led by a 37-year-old all-star and former MVP like Kevin Durant can play anywhere and home court advantage might not be that important.

But for this particular team, the home versus road splits are pretty striking.

So I'm just curious your thoughts, Paolo, on how valid of a variable that is moving forward.

I don't think there's many strip clubs in Sacramento and Portland for the record.

I'm sure there's some.

No, you got to point out, those are NBA-issued equipment.

So I know it seems like a lot, but this is standardized.

It's not like they're going to Home Depot and picking this stuff up and installing it themselves.

This is all NBA-issued and sanctioned.

So on paper, it should be as random as it gets.

Maybe you've had some bad luck, but I agree with you.

It's been extremely unusual, to say the least.

Hey, they won that first game in Denver, too, if not for starstruck Zach Zarma.

All right, we will wrap this show here because, full disclosure, I'm not sure until I play this back what the audio quality is going to be.