Kevin Harlan

They've been to the last two Western Conference finals.

And so when they get blown out in game two like they did in Texas a couple nights ago, this is a team that does not panic.

They don't blink.

And so, yes, to your point, experience does pay off.

You need to lean on, rely on something when things are looking dire.

And I think the teams that have been there before clearly have

hit that reservoir and definitely make sure that they are very cognizant of what has happened, how they've navigated it and where they are right now and use that to their advantage.

No, I, you know what?

I don't think so.

His numbers are so great and he's still playing, you know, now he has a reduced regular season schedule.

And that was by design.

He missed the first 14 games of the regular season, used the time just after that in November into December to kind of get in basketball shape, although he really is never out of shape.

So it was not a hard thing to accomplish.

And then he was mixing with a camp and a full-time teammate in Doncic with Reeves as being the third part of that.

And they really mixed well.

They had a terrific season, over 50 wins,

for a second consecutive year look better than even last year when they got down to midway through, but we're still kind of feeling their way through things, and this year it kind of came together, and I do think they're going to continue to improve.

The question is, can the Lakers continue to pay him that kind of money for a reduced regular season schedule and not part-time duty, but used very smartly, used when it matters, used when he's feeling great, making sure he's

shelved when there's a slightest twinge or ache or something that he can't compete because now is when they need him we saw in the first round um and and i i would think we're going to continue to see here in the second but they clearly have had to change the way they played once donchich went out with the injury in april and that happened to be against oklahoma city right so they just got reeves back lebron has kind of stayed there and been the mainstay

I just don't know if they've got enough coming off the bench, and they're getting nothing from Aiton at the center.