Dave DuFour

More of a stumble.

Nine-game winning streak is over, but this is a much different team.

And I would even say this was a much different loss than we would have seen out of them a few months ago.

What's the biggest difference between this team now and let's just say pre-All-Star break?

So I think it's probably three things.

The separation on that push-off for the step-back probably isn't as much.

Body language was really good down the stretch, too.

It was good.

It wasn't one of these games, you know, sometimes with Luka, calls don't go his way, and he wasn't getting to the free throw line like he wants to.

And you didn't see him, he didn't let go of the rope.

And I think that was maybe something that was happening earlier in the season.

Totally agree.

Let's talk about Luka, because...

You know, there's a lot of discussion about whether he should be in the MVP mix.

I'm not sure about that.

I do believe he's going to be in the top five vote-getters most likely.

But the season that he's having, 33 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists a game.

When was the last time someone for the Lakers had a season like this?

I mean...

I was going to say, top four makes sense.