Lakers Taking Ls | Hawks on the Rise?
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What happened in the Lakers vs. Timberwolves game?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 3rd, 2024. Coming up, the Wolves. They press pause on the panic button by beating the Lakers. We've got Lauren Williams from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on to talk about the Hawks. And we love the Hawks on this show. Can't get enough of them. And we're going to do a deep dive on Franz Wagner in our question of the night.
Good morning, everybody. Good morning, S. Morning, morning. Oh, it was blowout night last night, S. Yeah. We had like, I'm going to call this a cooling off Monday. Sunday games were so good. We had that amazing Friday night NBA Cup, you know. You can't win them all. You need these off nights because tomorrow night, you know, or tonight, excuse me, we've got the NBA Cup. The final night of group play and, you know, everything's on the line as we are constantly reminded by Rosario Dawson in the commercial. It's all on the line. Not all on the line was the Timberwolves season in their game. You like that transition against the Lakers because it's early. But the Wolves pulled it out. They're now back to 500.
They blew out the Lakers, and we'll talk about the Lakers a little bit. Look, it's just one game, S, and it's against the Lakers, and the Lakers have their own trouble. D'Angelo Russell was back in the starting lineup for them last night because Austin Reeves is out with that injury, but The Wolves took advantage of a poor transition defense team who could not make a shot. And I mean, the Wolves just look better. They made a lot of a lot of shots. The Lakers missed a ton. But this is about the outcome we should expect in this matchup.
Yeah. And you know what? I want to credit the Wolves for not making this more interesting than it had to be, to be honest with you. Because they have had a tendency to do that over the last couple of weeks, kind of playing with their food, if you will. Anthony Edwards has called that out a few times. Anthony Davis maybe needs to do some calling out.
Maybe. Maybe somebody should call Anthony Davis out.
How are the Timberwolves turning their season around?
Yeah. But I think for the Wolves, like this was a feel good win. You saw Rudy Gobert faking a DHO, getting downhill, laughing his way to the bench. Him and Julius Randall had a moment on the bench. Anthony Edwards didn't even shoot the ball that well tonight, but they got a well-rounded effort from everybody else. Dante DiVincenzo chipped in. And so. I just feel like these type of games are maybe not the ones that turn the season around, but just to be able to find an identity early in this season for a Wolves team that is still trying to figure out who they are. This is a good win for them.
And the bench was great, which has been kind of the biggest problem. I mean, the Julius Randall stuff aside. Not getting the sort of production they expected out of Nas Reed and Dante DiVincenzo off the bench has been a huge issue for them. Mike Conley having a really good game. You know, the big run that they went on was Gobert, Conley, and bench guys. And that's the sort of stuff that it takes to be a contender. I mean, the only way you get through an 82-game season is by being able to win some games on the back of your bench. And so, you know... Seeing DiVincenzo hit some shots as he has the last few weeks, it makes this feel like, okay, we understand the vision. We understand the fit. I still go back to the Randall stuff.
There's huge defensive issues with him out there and Conley, especially. I just don't know. I understand the egos involved.
Crazy Julius Randall stat is that he has one block this season.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah. there's an effort issue defensively. Right. But with Nas Reed, you actually don't get that. And I know that there's egos involved, but as I just don't see how, if you're going to play your best five guys, Nas Reed, isn't on the court.
It's tough. And I think they will have to eventually make a decision there. One of the things that's interesting to me about Randall is, you know, I think when the wolves brought him in, it was the idea of, Hey, we will be adding a secondary playmaker to help Anthony Edwards. Right. And, I don't think that's necessarily panned out the way that they've hoped it would.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the Lakers vs. Timberwolves game?
0:07–2:12
2
How are the Timberwolves turning their season around?
2:12–4:31
3
What are the current challenges for the Lakers?
4:31–14:42
4
What is the current state of the Atlanta Hawks?
14:42–17:02
5
How are the Hawks performing this season?
17:02–26:13
6
What vibes are different for the Hawks this year?
26:13
7
Can the Hawks reach the playoffs this season?
19:01–21:39
8
What are the expectations for the Hawks moving forward?
21:39–27:33