Michael Wilbon
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I mean, they have Wagner and Bankero.
They can do everything, Tony, but they didn't have, as you said, they didn't have Wagner, and that was going to cost them.
A record number of playoff turnovers in three games.
So you take that guy out of the lineup, and there's no one to replace him.
Look, any team that loses a guy like that,
And that's the question about Oklahoma City going forward is J-Dub's absence, if he's still absent, how much, if any, will that cost even a team as deep as Oklahoma City?
If anybody can replace a player, not SGA, but anybody else, if anybody can do that, Oklahoma City can.
I'm not certain they can do it.
It depends on... It doesn't sound like Luka's going to make it back, so the Lakers are still missing more than Oklahoma City.
But your point, Tom, is the point about that series.
Well, the only chance, again, as I said, is if a guy who is 6'9", himself, about LeBron James' size and speed and is 25 years younger, if they don't have that guy, maybe that opens up something.
And you talk about a team that the opponent doesn't like.