Zach Lowe

They're just totally glued up on both of those guys.

And Aiden's getting dunks at the rim.

Like the Lakers are running good stuff in this series, but this all comes down to if Houston just can't score at all, they're not going to win this series.

And if they lose this series in dispiriting fashion,

I think the offseason ramifications could be massive.

But we can come back to that.

Any final thoughts on what you're seeing X's and O's wise here?

The doubles.

No, because... The veracity of the doubles.

I don't think so, because I just think the Lakers are going to survive with junk defenses anyway.

Like, whatever it is, they're just going to keep just randomly switching, doubling.

I don't think so.

But to your point about Reed Shepard, it's like...

Like you run a Shepard, Shingun pick and roll, and you have a guy who knows how to compromise the defense.

Kevin Durant on the weak side.

Now you've got something.

Durant and Reed Shepard, two-man game together with Shingun lurking over here.

Now you've got something.

It's going to be threatening.

I just don't know that the Lakers have any other response other than just continue to junk it up a little bit.