LeBron Game Winner + Rookie Check In
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What happened in the Lakers vs. Pacers game?
If you guys don't know, by the way, Alex Hoops on YouTube, over 100K subscribers. My guy breaks down basketball. Very, very fun guy to talk basketball with, Alex. Lakers Pacers is the main story here from last night. It was an awesome game. Very eventful day for LeBron James doing interviews, mind the game, potentially back, and now the game winner.
And Stephen A. Smith boxing match, apparently. Yes, apparently.
Celebrity boxing matches in the works, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wanted to get your opinion on this Lakers team, but just generally the end of the game for them, too, because it was... all over the place. This game in general was very back and forth. Lakers had a 17-point lead. Pacers ended up with an 11-point lead at some point. It was back and forth, and it was a really fun game. But what was your thoughts on the finish?
It was funny in the fourth quarter because it seemed like The Pacers, you could tell the Pacers really wanted to win. Miles Turner was clamping up. His defense was fantastic. On offense, they were just really clicking at the right time. Everything was going right. Then the Lakers, it was like, they put their foot on the gas and they went really hard for like two or three minutes in the fourth quarter. And then at one point it was like, they kind of just stopped playing defense and the Pacers got like, like six straight points at the rim, just like early offense driving past the front line. And then there was nobody in the paint. And I was like, Come on, like the Lakers want to win or not? And then they pulled it out at the end there. But man, heartbreaking if you're a Pacers fan, that's for sure.
How did LeBron James perform in the game winner?
Yeah, no. So the craziness of it was, look, the Pacers didn't call a timeout when they had an opportunity to set something up, run a good play. That didn't happen. I believe it was either Aaron Neesmith or Ben Matherin who chucked up a shot. And it was a really great late double by LeBron to contest on that. Then the Lakers go the other way. Luca misses a floater for the win. And then LeBron tips in the shot and it's just, you know, fingertips type of thing. By the way, LeBron James became the oldest player in NBA history to have a buzzer beating game winner. It's just, there's going to be multiple LeBron James stats with him being the oldest guy. It's going to be like Wilt, but for old players, you know what I mean?
It's Wilt records for AARP members.
Right. Very nice. Very nice. Yeah. The, the funny thing about this, this Lakers game, I thought to your point about them getting exposed a little bit defensively at the end there, their small ball lineup was awesome throughout this game. You know, it was plus 17 and five minutes for them with their lineup of, you know, Jared Vanderbilt, Dorian, Finney, Smith, Luca, Austin, LeBron, that lineup. is something they're going to lean on a lot. But the drawback of it is some of these defensive lapses, you don't have that anchor, that paint protector, a guy who can basically contest shots around the basket. And so you only have one line of defense to work with. And so that's what Halliburton was doing. He had a really, really clutch shot in that fourth quarter to keep things close. Do you...
for this Lakers team believe that the way that they're constructed right now, they can make a deep playoff run given, given kind of the warts and everything we've seen over the last month or so with the Luca LeBron experiment.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened in the Lakers vs. Pacers game?
1:12–2:59
2
How did LeBron James perform in the game winner?
2:59–6:26
3
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Lakers' lineup?
6:26–9:37
4
Can the Lakers make a deep playoff run?
9:37–13:51
5
What is the current state of the Pacers this season?
13:51–20:08
6
How did Nikola Jokic perform in his return?
20:08–23:08
7
Who are the standout rookies in the 2024 class?
23:08–26:03