Michael Pina

But, you know, they load up on the strong side. Randall beats Luka off the dribble, finds Rudy cutting through the paint for a bucket. They hit Rudy on a rim run. He seals Luka, and Luka had to pick up his second foul, I believe, like five or six minutes into the game.

Exactly. So it felt like every time Dante DiVincenzo, who missed a million threes, every time he missed one, Rudy was there for a putback dunk. You know, the Timberwolves doubled up the Lakers in second chance points, 20 to 10, 18 offensive rebounds to eight. Rudy had nine himself.

Exactly. So it felt like every time Dante DiVincenzo, who missed a million threes, every time he missed one, Rudy was there for a putback dunk. You know, the Timberwolves doubled up the Lakers in second chance points, 20 to 10, 18 offensive rebounds to eight. Rudy had nine himself.

Exactly. So it felt like every time Dante DiVincenzo, who missed a million threes, every time he missed one, Rudy was there for a putback dunk. You know, the Timberwolves doubled up the Lakers in second chance points, 20 to 10, 18 offensive rebounds to eight. Rudy had nine himself.

And by the way, Rudy's defensive rating, I know it's just one game, so whatever, but 95.9, which was by far the best on his team among people who were actually playing minutes. And yeah, he was just absolutely phenomenal.

And by the way, Rudy's defensive rating, I know it's just one game, so whatever, but 95.9, which was by far the best on his team among people who were actually playing minutes. And yeah, he was just absolutely phenomenal.

And by the way, Rudy's defensive rating, I know it's just one game, so whatever, but 95.9, which was by far the best on his team among people who were actually playing minutes. And yeah, he was just absolutely phenomenal.

I was kind of stunned, frankly, that, you know, last time we spoke, I predicted the Lakers in seven and a large part of that was because I thought that, well, Randall, Julius Randall, who, I've never seen a player completely 180 their perception for me personally in a playoff series than Julius Randall here.

I was kind of stunned, frankly, that, you know, last time we spoke, I predicted the Lakers in seven and a large part of that was because I thought that, well, Randall, Julius Randall, who, I've never seen a player completely 180 their perception for me personally in a playoff series than Julius Randall here.

I was kind of stunned, frankly, that, you know, last time we spoke, I predicted the Lakers in seven and a large part of that was because I thought that, well, Randall, Julius Randall, who, I've never seen a player completely 180 their perception for me personally in a playoff series than Julius Randall here.

He was like amazing, really answered the bell in so many different ways on both sides of the floor. It's like the Tobias Harris All-Stars you were talking with Rob in your last episode. That's like the guys who completely have altered their reputation in this first round. He's up there. But, yeah, I just, you know, the decision by J.J.

He was like amazing, really answered the bell in so many different ways on both sides of the floor. It's like the Tobias Harris All-Stars you were talking with Rob in your last episode. That's like the guys who completely have altered their reputation in this first round. He's up there. But, yeah, I just, you know, the decision by J.J.

He was like amazing, really answered the bell in so many different ways on both sides of the floor. It's like the Tobias Harris All-Stars you were talking with Rob in your last episode. That's like the guys who completely have altered their reputation in this first round. He's up there. But, yeah, I just, you know, the decision by J.J.

Redick to put Maxi Kleber, his Lakers debut, I don't know if we're going to spend a lot of time talking about that.

Redick to put Maxi Kleber, his Lakers debut, I don't know if we're going to spend a lot of time talking about that.

Redick to put Maxi Kleber, his Lakers debut, I don't know if we're going to spend a lot of time talking about that.

The first time he touched the ball, he forgot how to dribble momentarily. It was really tough. And then he put him back in the game. With five minutes to go? I couldn't believe it. In crunch time?

The first time he touched the ball, he forgot how to dribble momentarily. It was really tough. And then he put him back in the game. With five minutes to go? I couldn't believe it. In crunch time?

The first time he touched the ball, he forgot how to dribble momentarily. It was really tough. And then he put him back in the game. With five minutes to go? I couldn't believe it. In crunch time?

Yeah, quick aside, I rode a Rockets obit yesterday for about, it's been about two or three hours in my afternoon. So that was cool watching that game unfold as it did. But I thought that the Lakers, you know, they were obviously very small throughout the game. And the double teams in the first half, in the second quarter primarily, just felt very chaotic and they felt...