Kirk Goldsberry

It's about time.

And he deodorized that three point stank that this team has all year.

Uh, but beyond that, bringing that hot run, the rockets had, uh, at the end of the season into this playoff series.

the Lakers just don't have anybody at the point of attack who can do what other Western conference teams will do to read Shepard.

Maybe later in this playoff run is just punish him on defense and, and explore him.

I just don't think the Lakers can really leverage, uh, or arbitrage the Reed Shepard experience like better Western conference teams.

So I'm picking the Rockets.

I gave the Lakers two games.

I like Bill's joke that there's going to be one game with 61 Lakers free throws.

Regardless, I think the best player in the series is Kevin Durant.

My big question for you, Zach Lowe, on this series, who will be the Lakers' second best player in this first-round series?

So who are my choices?

Yeah, and I think to go back to the 40-minute game thing,

Another reason to have 40-minute games in the NBA is the calf strain and hamstring epidemic that is killing the league and killing players like Austin Reeves and Luka Doncic.

You know, 40-minute games, we have less injuries.

That's rocket science, no pun intended.

But yeah, this is a series that would have been freaking awesome if everybody's healthy.

And it kind of feels shitty that we're sitting here being like, well, maybe the Spanish hamstring treatment is going to...

going to enable Luka Doncic to come back.

But you're right.