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oh oh this this clown sorry about that

that's bruise

bit I think I did steal it from Wild

don't let him have anything today live

from New York it's the show that's

apologizing for missing your call you

called me at half time and I wasn't

available and he put it on social media

why isn't Kevin wild Avail I'm sorry I'm

going to give you my home phone too I'm

going to give you my home phone just so

you have it and I tried to call you back

at the end of the game and you no you

didn't that's a lie well I was too busy

celebrating it's first things first

today that's fair uh how did the Lakers

let this slip away BR didn't I say

something yesterday similar yeah 12

points you 12 12 is nothing 20 is

nothing there was no point in that game

that I felt it was over it's over I

agree at at 20 I was like first of all

again it was over when it was at when it

was 20 I did not feel it was over cuz

today's NBA you can come back from that

especially when you're defending

Champions but here's the thing the

Lakers didn't let it slip away the

Nuggets took it thank you the Nuggets

snatched it all right they big boyed him

and I'm about to explain how okay all

right and for as great

yic y'all know the stat line 27 points

20 rebounds 10 assists only eight of

those types of games have been played in

the history of the NBA he has four of

them in the playoffs yep he's got four

yeah the the four 25 20 and 10 four of

the as great as he was and obviously

Jamal Murray being the hero with the

shot there was an unsung hero and it was

Aaron Gordon all right Aaron Gordon when

they went down 20 Denver called a

timeout 10 minutes left in the third

quarter Michael Malone put Aaron Gordon

on Anthony Davis Anthony Davis to that

point had 30 points

all right he got two points one basket

over the final 22 minutes and it wasn't

just ad disappearing you can blame him

if you want but it was Aaron Gordon

locking him down here's the graphic he

was killing joic killing him killing

joic which you know joic not an awesome

Defender so but still and it was having

an impact on jokic's offense yes he was

he was a little more off than you you

think and he shut ad down and that's why

the Lakers offense went down they were

out scor

5331 from that point on so Aaron Gordon

and then of course I think we showed it

earlier but the he out hustles a Austin

Reeds with a minute 17 left get the

offensive rebound and pass it to mpj

yeah with the three-pointer and this

play is going to also signify why they

took

it one team was clutch and one team was

not now the Lakers weren't bad there

were three and six three and six down

the stretch three up six yeah I didn't

think they I go ahead three up LeBron

miss a wide open shot now LeBron was

fantastic in the fourth quarter but he

missed a wide open shot and that's the

lack of room for error you have against

this team so they were three and six

from the field the Lakers down the

stretch the Nuggets were seven of seven

here it is you just saw mpj hit the

three all right before that joic and I

want embiid and all the rest of y'all

seven Footers in the NBA to take heed he

backed down all right he's playing out

by the pinch Post in the three-point

line for a lot of the game he backs ad

down say we need a bucket I'm a big boy

you and puts in the layup and then of

course Jamal not just the gamewinner but

the 20f footer before that with 30

seconds to play now LeBron again huge in

the clutch with the two threes the

three-point play the steal and the dunk

the whole thing but the wide open shot

he missed ruie missed a wide open three

with about two minutes left Austin

Reeves missed the open three with a so

one team was clutch and one team was not

so the I the the last part I would I

would argue Denver was perfect in the

clutch and the Lakers were simply good

in the clutch and perfect beats good but

I can go I can go micro to macro on how

the Lakers lost sure I'm going to go for

the the most granular is and this is why

sports are great and it's why they're

torturous is the play Brew talked about

LeBron age 39 47 minutes in reads A play

perfectly gets the steal gets the dunk

and then yic makes honestly maybe his

only mistake of the night trying to get

a silly foul there and the ball's going

he's trying to draw a foul the ball's

going out of bounds it's Lakers ball up

three with 60 75 seconds left Aaron

Gordon makes an unbelievable play out

muscles Austin Reeves gets it to M

Michael Porter Jr if that doesn't happen

flatly I believe the Lakers win the game

you can disagree but that's that's the

very micro right the the in between

micro and macro is the 10 or 7 Minute

stretch in the third quarter from the

time the Lakers went up

7455 they went 10 consecutive empty

possessions and it it went ruy missed

three 80 Miss three 80 turn turn over

ruy Miss dunk DLo missed three LeBron

Miss jumper ad turnover Gabe missed

three ad Miss jumper and then the ad

offensive foul which I think was one of

the most critical moments of the game

because he picked up his fourth foul he

then had to go to the bench early they

still were up 10 going into the fourth I

understand that but that was the the

them having 10 straight empty

possessions when Denver still hadn't

really clicked in offensively if they

play better there is the second straight

third quarter that they didn't do it can

I finish real quick while yeah that's

why I'm raising my hand the um but the

macro reason they lost and the real

reason they lost is because the Denver

Nuggets employee the apex predator of

the NBA oh I like that it's like a shark

and I that game for large portions of it

it felt like joic was having an off

night and he finished 2720 and 10 that

game of 16 nine of 16 that game every

time in the fourth quarter he got the

ball you expected him to score yep that

game Anthony Davis played I thought as

well as he could on both ends and ended

up by the end of it being outplayed and

that is kind of how the NBA Works which

is all things being equal if you have an

alltime Legend which he is now mhm in

his peak of his powers which he clearly

is now more often than not we can find a

bunch of reasons we can talk the refs

and there there is there are ways to

beat that team but more often than not

that team wins CU right now they have

that guy and he is that guy and last

night even in a night when he for large

stretches seemed gassed and not to have

it he still ended up being that guy

that's the biggest reason the Lakers

lost go ahead watch can I can I poke a

hole in your 10 straight possessions

didn't you feel like the Lakers were

playing over their skis in the first

half and when the lead ballooned up and

you tried to call me and I'm like you

know what I'm not nervous about because

the Lakers this isn't the real Lakers

team D'Angelo Russell hit five was five

for five was the only one who was over

his skis ad was shooting 92% yes but was

a little over like was shoo 92% he was

on track for 48 points he's hitting jump

hooks 14 so I understand that but that's

I I disagree with you on that in this

regard the fact of the yes you can find

individual guys who were playing better

than they typically did but the outside

of AD and LeBron the Lakers three other

starters DLo Austin and ruy went 13 of

34 in this game they were in the game

that's what I'm saying the we'll go

ahead so that once once it opened up I'm

like well DLo is going to miss some

shots like they can't be this hot as a

team while Denver was Sho shot 26% from

three and then when it got to the fourth

quarter oh it's like you like to say the

water Finds Its level the Nuggets were

able to turn it up and succeed again in

the fourth quarter where they shot 54%

in the fourth quarter when they were

shooting 48% before so I just felt like

the Lakers in the first quarter that

might be true but but that doesn't even

if you're still the flip side of of a

hot half is not typically 10 consecutive

empty possessions and it was like the

fact that they were still up double

figures I can't blame the loss on that

you know I mean and they were so hot

early you knew they were going to cool

down a little bit sure yeah all right

let's head to the uh end of the third

quarter I don't know if you caught Cav's

magic but there was a there was a call

in the second quarter of that I

disagreed with as well my goodness

gracious W wolf Suns I don't know a

second you didn't think Sixers will get

to it later you didn't think Sixers

Knicks had a controversial

ending sure okay do I think LeBron do I

think do I remember another time in the

history of and tell me if I'm wrong Brew

cuz you're in cyclopedic of a star

player talking about the refereeing in

another game after losing a buzzer

beater I do not remember that well I

think I think you don't you don't think

you you can't remember star players

talking about holistic issues of the

league the game prior game before them

when they're locked in in a Do or Die

game and they're complaining about the

referees in the previous game I don't

remember that and I think it's strange

hold on you think he saw that before the

Lakers game of course not he's didn't he

say he saw it he watched before he

walked out he the game ends he's in the

L they're on the court warming up when

Sixers Nicks ends just to be clear the

way this worked was his game ended he's

changing they're bitching about the refs

in there and someone in the Locker

Room's like hey and you see what

happened in Philly and they look at that

this was not no I mean he saw it before

the press conference but I mean but go

just for context on what happened there

but go ahead what the question surprised

LeBron is upset with the referees well

look when you just look at that quote it

looks like he's definitely blaming the

refs when you watch the whole press

conference the first three and a half

minutes of a four and a half minute five

minute press conference he was T you

know he was sober minded about it like

hey we missed some shots we got some

looks we just missed them my shot rimmed

them in and out like I didn't think he

he wasn't blaming the refs for most of

the press conferen

this I'm not sure if he's blaming

blaming the Reps the dowlo thing I mean

that happened at the end of the third

quarter it again you're still up 10 at

that point that certainly wasn't the

reason you won there's no need to bring

up Philly and and I think LeBron did it

unsolicited that wasn't the question he

even acknowledged that I think he was

trying to send a message nobody's voice

is as loud as LeBron's in the league

office he's trying to send a message

hold on he's trying to send a message to

the to the for the next game what now

what want more well he wants more now no

I'm not saying that's what he's doing

but here's the thing do you know the

it's not a good look I'll give you that

it's not a good look like except that

they just got here's the let's the free

throw disparity you this this graphic

nonsense free throw seen this before

Phil Jackson Jeff this is what you do

this I know it's the style of play in

Lebron so again I've never so this is

this is the problem I think go ahead

I'll let you finish sorry oh that that's

a wow that's but that's the last two

seasons so let so let's just three times

difference between number two three 4

five is all within 80 and the Lakers are

700 above he has to send a message that

they need

more trying to do I didn't know this

graic that's because you don't spend as

much time on social media's wilds and

this was a very popular bar graph from

two weeks ago that everybody fell in

love with so let's Act do the real dat

last year the Lakers had a almost

historic free throw Edge last season I

don't know how much that impacts this

year this year do the Lakers shoot the

most free throws per game of any team in

the league no this year do the Lakers

get called for the fewest fouls of any

team in the league no it's actually

Orlando gets the most free throws Boston

get fouls the least the Lakers are

second in both categories right the

second most second least LeBron

personally 60 guys in the league that

drive to the basket as much as he does

at least 10 dri per game where do you

think he ranks in free throw attempts

the answer is right in the middle 25th

so does he think I there are two things

going on here okay one I know and I

never talk about this on there but I

told it to you before the show so I will

I know from a personal conversation with

LeBron the replay entire the the

existence of instant replay has been

maddening to this player since game one

2018 and we don't have to go through all

of it Brew but if you remember

that Cavs are up to he gets called or he

gets a charge on Durant and they they

review it to see if he's in the

restricted area right he was not in the

restricted area but because they

reviewed that everything becomes

reviewable they're like you weren't in

the restricted area but we're still

flipping it from charge to block right

or wrong from that moment forward replay

has been an issue okay I also think and

I think the table will agree

the D'Angelo thing was an odd overturn

that that was an odd overturn what he

didn't talk about there which would have

been blaming the refs but I also think

would have been more fair is the non

replay missed call on his and one after

he got called we can show you the video

and he wanted ham to review it he okay

well this is the one where he's Furious

cuz he gets hit in the head and I hope

we have the replay where you can see it

this is to go up to points okay we don't

have the right angle but you can you see

it the Jamal Murray comes over and hits

him in the head and it was right after

he got called for a foul on Jamal with

that Reggie was saying you can't call in

the playoffs with a minute left and he

was this one right there that and he was

and he was asking Darin to review it and

for some reason Darin didn't so if we

want to say the Lakers get a friendly

whistle because of how great of a

whistle they got in the 2023 season so

be it but LeBron does not there is no

data that supports that LeBron does okay

the Lakers as a team I don't know what I

don't know what you want to say I just

pulled up a graphic and it said one team

is plus 1,100 and the other teams are

plus 379 yes but that the the let me ask

you they get the friendly they have the

the do you think they get a bad whistle

I don't think they're getting a bad

whistle in this series I think LeBron's

trying to send a message I don't blame

him for that but I don't think he's

getting or what I think is this and this

is what this is the problem that I have

with that that stat going viral the way

it did and every be next year if the

Lakers get a slightly negative whistle

that graphic will still be there sure

because it was such a discrepancy a year

ago that to me does not have any

relevance to how these playoff games are

called it doesn't it does not have any

relevance to whether or not LeBron

should be annoyed and by the way I I

gave three reasons why the Lakers lost I

didn't include the refs you guys know

from that when the chiefs were losing

games and the whole world was playing

the refs I don't typically believe in

blaming the refs do I think that it's

within LeBron's rights to say the replay

system you guys are doing it differently

that would never have been overturned

ever in the regular season and now

you're overturning it here I think and

it's not a good look less it's not a

good would you admit that like at the

time just except I would have now Jo and

we're gonna get to him talking blaming

the rest but I I rather a player embiid

in this case LeBron say we going to win

this series we should be up 20 whether

you believe him or not we should be up

20 we're the better team we going to win

this series that's what I want to hear

you say I I don't again he's playing

gamesmanship with the refs but it does

it's not a good look it looks like

you're blame I just the the and maybe I

again maybe I'm wrong I the fact you

hated the fact that he brought up Nick

Sixers I think that more is evidence to

my point that what he is he is saying we

have a problem with the cons consistency

of the officiating in this league it it

in his opinion impacted both of these

classic games and I don't I have a

problem with guys who consistently go

out and you know make excuses that's not

who he's been it's similar to when

Mahomes freaked out after the bills

thing and at the press conference it was

like okay if you do that all the time

that's a problem if it's a one-off and

you know the power of your voice carries

I think it's legitimate I just do I

guess I'll meet you at and I guess well

I don't I mean I'm not trying to be rude

I don't really care if you agree I'm

telling you what like I don't need to

convince you miss a three he could have

won the game he missed it and then we

got to talk about the holistic replay

Center a replay Center had years 9

Minute press conference we don't have

time Jamal Murray's field goals first

seven quarters 12 for 40 fourth quarter

6 for eight so he heated up a little bit

Nick are you ready to admit this series

is

over I that's

how can something end before it's even

begun that's a fair

point you know it's over they haven't

started yet it hasn't even started in

fact as it happens these NBA playoffs

haven't started I don't know what it

means for the ratings but uh we're now

11 and0 for home team so none of these

series are yet to start heck is going on

Wilds what was my pre-series prediction

you know it cuz you held it up and I

tweeted said Lakers in six okay so what

is that I know you're not quite as good

at math as am but what does that mean so

you're going to have to win four what

does it mean the series the next four we

would have to win four straight for the

series to be ex but what was my

prediction Lakers win four games the

Nuggets win how many two two exactly so

I'm halfway there so the idea that it

would be over no listen

the don't look at and I'm going to bring

up the number I brought up earlier as

well people are going to say oh you lost

the game DLo was redot that's true but

what's also true is ruy Austin Reeves

were awful and there were like there

were they all five got to play

terrifically to win a game no because my

point is with DLo ruy and Austin Reeves

going 13 of 34 from the field and with

the bench scoring six total points it's

right there so no I don't think this

series is over do I think the Lakers are

in bad shape obviously does game three

become a no question must- win obviously

do I think it's over no I don't think

that and we're talking about I don't

think Nick Sixers is over either I don't

think

when lose two home they got the best

player in the series here here let me

let me try to convince you all right

Jamal Murry is even playing well correct

he's shooting 37% from the field less

than 30% from three I think he's going

to hot up I'm going to bet on him

heating up more than ruy and Reeves all

right that's fair ad goes 32 and 11

Lebron is tremendous and did kind of

what I said yesterday come out get

everybody involv

and then he's got his gas in the fourth

and he was great in the fourth only

thing he did was just miss that shot D

great 7 threes all right 23 points the

Lakers made five more three-pointers

than the Nuggets nuggets shot 23% from

three Lakers shot 43 all right the

Lakers shot 49% overall Denver 44% the

Lakers L by 20 yeah yeah I mean and they

still lost yeah it it's it's over Nick

they have now lost in just about every

way imaginable right they they've gotten

rid of they got rid of all I got a good

I got a good do we have time well it's

24 minutes I got a great graphic look at

the most cons current win streaks in the

league Nicks over Pistons 15 straight

Warriors over all bad team yes I get it

that's how much they own the Lakers

those other teams are Lottery teams

looking for the next superstar in the

draft pretty good and the Lakers it's

over home teams 206 and 18 in best of

sevens if they win the first two at home

uh since

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