Luka magic for the Lakers, again
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for March 19th, 2026. I'm Dave DuFour here with Espera Henne and Will Guillory. Coming up, the Lakers handle the Rockets two games in a row. Luca and LeBron look amazing. Will Guillory is here. We're going to talk about the Western Conference playoff race.
Good morning, everybody. What's up? Dave DeFore here with Espera Henney. Our guy, Will Guillory, hanging out for the whole show. What's up, Will? I'm doing well, man. I appreciate y'all for having me on. Yeah. Well, you were, you know, you cover the Rockets for us over at The Athletic and you were there in the house. for the Lakers just handing it to the Rockets in that fourth quarter. They got a sweep.
What were the highlights of the Lakers' back-to-back wins against the Rockets?
Like they tend to do. That's right. They won the baseball series, the back-to-back there in Houston. They picked up the win last night, 124-116. What was it like being in the house for Luka and LeBron putting on a show like that? No, it's funny because you said there for the Lakers hammering them in the fourth quarter. I didn't know if you were talking about Monday or tonight because it was basically the same thing. The Lakers running away with the game in the fourth quarter. I think it was a little bit different tonight. I felt like Monday was pretty much just a full-on meltdown by the Rockets, just the way they couldn't do anything on offense. Durant was just turning the ball over and over again. Tonight, I felt like they did a lot of things better.
I felt like they made some adjustments. They figured some things out. But in the fourth quarter, Luka just went nuclear. I mean, just completely lost his mind, hitting some crazy shots, throwing lobs up to Rui and LeBron there. And they just couldn't do anything with Luka there in the fourth quarter. And I just thought it was a really impressive performance by the Lakers because it felt like the Rockets were taking control a little bit in that third quarter with some of the adjustments they made. But then Luka just shut the door and completely went crazy in the end. You know, I don't know if it was an adjustment. I just want to say because the Rockets, every bucket they get is tough and sometimes they hit them.
It is a dice roll with them, right? Like there's no and with the Lakers in that third quarter, I thought that they were sloppy. There were a lot of turnovers. I mean, you know, the shot clock violation. They just I don't think they were playing their best basketball coming out of halftime and the Rockets hit some shots. That was to me what that third quarter was. I don't want to give them credit. I mean, look, I will also say and not to like keep banging on the Rockets drum here, but like it does feel like Groundhog's Day a little bit with the Rockets. Right. And not just when it comes to the Lakers, but it feels like every single time we talk about this team, it's the fourth quarter problems. It's the clutch execution.
It's how they're going to get over the hump when it comes down to the crunch. I don't know. We're almost done this regular season. Do you feel like there is any solution at all to the problem that they have going on in the clutch? No, I mean, at the end of the day, I do think if we don't want to get too nerdy, but I do think in this game they made some adjustments where they were playing KD a little bit more off the ball. They were running some horns actions, getting him in the DHOs rather than just basically handing the ball to KD and hoping he could be Superman like they were on Monday. And he got so aggressive. Right. Yeah. And he was attacking early. He wasn't letting the double teams come during that third quarter.
He really got going in that third quarter. And like you guys said, I think in the fourth quarter they were running some of those same actions. But the ball just wasn't getting to Katie was finding Jabari Smith in a corner and found Tari Smith, Tari Eason a couple of times.
How did Luka and LeBron perform in their recent matchup?
And those guys just weren't making shots. I felt like, you know, Jabari Smith had a good game, but he went cold in the fourth quarter.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:08–0:54
2
What were the highlights of the Lakers' back-to-back wins against the Rockets?
0:54–3:38
3
How did Luka and LeBron perform in their recent matchup?
3:38–5:29
4
What adjustments did the Rockets make during the game against the Lakers?
5:29–10:27
5
Why do the Rockets struggle in clutch situations?
10:27–11:37
6
What is the current state of the Western Conference playoff race?
11:37–27:20
7
What impact does Alperen Şengün have on the Rockets' offense?
27:20–28:25