Lakers Continue Hot Streak Despite Defensive Challenges

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00:00An interesting one last night, Carla, with the Lakers.

00:04You know, the great equalizer is having Luka Doncic.

00:07No Austin Reeves, a late scratch last night, but it didn't matter.

00:11I was looking forward to seeing this.

00:13Webb Ayama versus Doncic, but the amount of whistles and foul

00:17and fouling out was over the top in that game last night.

00:21It really was.

00:23And, you know, it's a Luka.

00:25You mentioned having Luka Doncic, but it's an in-shape Luka Doncic

00:28that you really want to have.

00:30Not the dude that walks around way above his weight.

00:33The in-shape Luka Doncic has been terrific this season,

00:35and it shows offensively for the Los Angeles Lakers.

00:38They've been playing great basketball.

00:39We know they're on one of the hottest teams in the NBA right now

00:42on this five-game win streak.

00:43They're able to squeak one out against one of the best defensive teams

00:46in the NBA with Webb Ayama on the other side.

00:48So we know that they're going to be able to score all season long.

00:51I think the questions that everybody really has is, one,

00:54when LeBron James comes back, how does he fit into this team?

00:57And then, two, are they going to be able to defend enough to win a championship?

01:01They can score enough to win a championship, but can they play some defense?

01:05And we saw with the hacking and everything that happened last night,

01:07that's going to be a work in progress all season long.

01:10So Lakers are going to score.

01:11So if you ever have to take an over in any of these games, I would take it.

01:15The question is, to win a championship, you've got to defend.

01:18Can they sit down and defend?

01:20And the jury's still on that one.