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00:00И они делают это без их лучшего игрока, поэтому сегодня будет хорошо.
00:02И, конечно, для Дunder, все это было сделано из-за того, как это все в этой семье,
00:05из-за того, как с унижения, но третье-мост-миссed в целом,
00:10но все это было, что есть, есть линии.
00:13Семь из этих игроков, которые смотрели их роль, которые были встанны.
00:16Вы говорите о Кейсен-Валлесе, Исайя-Joe, ребята, которые были вставлены в том, что вы можете
00:21выиграть Эрон Виггинсу, вы можете взять Эрон Виггинсу в эту миксу.
00:23Вы можете взять Жейн-Виллиамсу в стиле, конечно же, Шиншей Гилжес-Александр.
00:28he'll be out until the all-star break you get him back you get these role guys playing with
00:33confidence oklahoma city when they're healthy they're an absolute unit they just have to get
00:38to be that healthy for the rest of the year hey robbie i'm going to give you a chance for
00:42redemption
00:42are you sitting next to jimmy goldstein yeah i am sitting next to jimmy goldstein big way to team
00:47me up with an easy one right there where did he get you rolling get you a touch early you
00:51know
00:51you're known for not being the best team in here but maybe you learned something on the
00:55robbie only knows him because he's been to some of his parties oh let's not go there there's jimmy
01:00in the hat looking dapper as ever and ready for some laker basketball he is at most of these home
01:06games legend he is a legend around the nba parts we've got the nba on nbc round ball rock playing
01:15in the arena josh timmon eric dalen andy nagy are three officials tonight we are underway
01:21yandre just returned after missing the last game the win against golden state he wins the opening
01:26tip for the lakers and then marcus smart proceeds to turn it over immediately jaylen williams in
01:30transition and finish
01:33well that's not a great sign for the lakers who turned it over 20 times in the game against
01:37the thunder back in november they cannot do that here today yeah awesome who's saying what's up
01:45jackson hayes was handing me the smoke sign can you just tell him of a cigarette can you just tell
01:51him to make sure that he brings it for the dunk contest on saturday absolutely i'm excited he's a
01:55high flyer man he catches a body usually every every other night here no doubt driving kick here's
02:01wallace out of the corner relocate williams and they do such a good job just moving the ball going
02:06from good to great what mark date note wants he wants case in the half court and that'll help
02:11high off the window from casein wallace but how good guys has he been here with all these injuries
02:16casein wallace seeing his role offensively grow at such a high level for his last five games double
02:22figures 16 points a game he's been aggressive looking for his own offense lorabia's response is
02:28there and that's exactly what he can do spread the floor this is what they need they've kind of
02:33struggled shooting all year obviously bringing canard in will help i had to feel good for jake
02:40maravia who was two of his last 20 from the three-point line a little bit of a zone look
02:45defensively from
02:46the lakers homebren knocks down a triple for those dare shots robbie boy and homebren a guy that hasn't
02:51necessarily shot it all that well just 23 percent the last seven games but they're daring him to let it
02:57go and he makes some pay there mark is smart on the drive part there got a piece i think
03:03that was
03:03supposed to be a lob this is a thunder team that generates more deflections there's pretty much
03:08everybody in the nba casein wallace at the forefront of that who leads the league in steals two to shoot
03:13knock away and a steal it's hartstein well good thing they turned that over lebron threw him an
03:18absolute grenade right here deal with this like take this ball what was hardenstein supposed to do with
03:25that ball and once again a turnover that leads to an easy basket nobody picks up the basketball and
03:31that's two early ones here for the lakers games are closely by dorton circles off the screen and
03:37puts it up and in with the left that's a fun matchup to watch right there lebron james blue door
03:43a physical defensive player what a shot 50 to his left 20.7 rebounds 10 assists in the win over
03:51golden
03:51state for lebron that third straight with the lakers oklahoma city back-to-back losses coming into this
03:57one williams step away can't finish it long rebound knocked out of bounds by williams when you have you
04:02have to think that it's going to take some time here austin here here's what you're talking about the
04:06grenade just take this yeah like what was he supposed to do with that great they didn't put him in
04:16a
04:16great spot but the 22-time all-star so he could do that hard too strong on three reddick has
04:23made
04:23note that he's got a lot of major mystery is on the back tap hartstein leaves it and wallace can't
04:29finish it like hardenstein is such a factor in so many ways talking to mark dagnell before the
04:35game he just sung his praises on both ends of the floor james thought about it same spot different
04:44result for smart he buries one a big shot by marcus smart it's imperative these guys hit shots early
04:52it's going to allow for luca i'm sorry reeves and james to operate with more space they've struggled to
04:58shoot that three but these guys can hit shots early it'll help them down the stretch here's the patented
05:02floater from isaiah hartstein and he is one of those players where you know he's going left but he's
05:07always getting back to that left hand and he gets back defensively scooped up by holmgren marcus
05:13kind of he did a great job driving there just a little bit too deep as soon as you touch
05:16the paint
05:17if you don't have anything you've done your job williams will shake and bake hartstein has the
05:23mismatch with laravia but he can't finish at that time laravia understand the scott report there austin
05:29really shading that right shoulder yeah keep that it's that player personnel down goes williams
05:36and arabia hits everything now people will see that and be like how do you how do you airball it
05:41that was he was wide open but you gotta understand his like whole balance was thrown off there
05:46he almost got taken down and then you whip your head up and they can kind of see him out
05:51of sorts
05:51so but i'd imagine if now it's a home team so it's different but if you're a road team and
05:57it's
05:57obviously more prevalent in college when they when the child the crowd starts chanting air ball do you
06:02feel that on the court i do i think it depends what type of game you're having austin and what
06:07type of player you are yeah if you're a guy who has high volume shots yeah you're just like man
06:11who
06:11cares ten more coming but if you're getting five six shots a game that air ball can kind of mess
06:16with
06:16you yeah and people kind of missed and skew guys being open as an easy shot sometimes when you're so
06:21open
06:22it messes with you you see you know you got caught on the foot yeah he didn't really have his
06:29balance
06:29and then he kind of like rushed it you can see it even have where the rib was on that
06:34one james
06:36couldn't get to that pass that tight defense from dork that's what lou dork is going to look to do
06:40make these catches tough and try to push lebron james off his spot step away hop to the bottom
06:46that's a tough shot he's loved those all season long awesome 56 on shots off the bounce from two
06:53he's got a good feel for the mid-range i know it's a shot that's looked down upon but if
06:57it's part of
06:57your game it's a part of your game good defense there it's a knock away from larabia you can see
07:02williams right now he's still trying to get his rhythm that that little mislay might have messed with
07:05them too now james will take him to the post double comes find the open man hot tomorrow
07:12and it's not kind of bounds off of oklahoma city isaiah hartstein thought for sure is off of
07:18deandre ayton but it'll lead us to our first timeout on the floor just over five minutes
07:22gone in a one-point game
07:26welcome back to on the bench brought to you by xfinity out of our first time out robbie homo
07:30what do you got well mark dagnolk certainly talking about that lebron james post up that led to an
07:35open rui hachimura three he talked about just wanting to make lebron make them come over and
07:42certainly be active defensively you're they're going to stay with him and make him be a scorer
07:47first and he thought that it was just too easy at whipping that pass out to the perimeter and then
07:52for going against this two three zone the lakers are throwing out there they want to just run their
07:56stuff it's like a man-to-man even if they're in a two three shell they're going to keep running
08:00their
08:01man-to-man offense yeah and on this side i didn't hear too much but i did do some due
08:05diligence noah
08:06i went over to jackson hayes and i talked to him about the dunk contest and said listen you're a
08:09big
08:09and we need to we need to spark this up the dunk contest and all-star game has been a
08:14little bit
08:14of a letdown as of recent years we haven't had one spark that excitement probably since what levine
08:20aaron gordon he said trust me i got a showing for you so i'm like okay okay so some good
08:25some good
08:25intel man i was a little worried about the dunk contest no but it seems like we're in good hands
08:29okay uh austin you
08:30do know who you're sitting next to oh look at this he's back he's back directly next to diane can
08:37it
08:38supposed to be a point guard he's a bad teammate hey hey god we just want to make sure that
08:43you're
08:43aware that's it i thought it was though no okay i'm glad to hear that austin reeves right in the
08:49game
08:49and showing off the bad work for a bucket all right say hi go ahead say hi you're on tv
08:55now so just
08:56what i'm talking about this is this this the time that you're unfortunately gonna get we're gonna spit
08:59these little twizzlers that she has for me right those are red vines red vines no luca tonight okay
09:06that's giving up the scouting report yeah i'll give it a good injury report there austin
09:12and how about just there how about how about reeves right off the bench that's not even an easy two
09:17to
09:17get like usually you want like a layup or an open three a field good shot he does an iso
09:21with two three
09:22counters fade away oh and austin think about who's guarding i mean door was right there for that it was
09:26really good defense but just a lead offense he's got such an underrated handle i mean look how he has
09:31that ball to string luke canard is in the game for l.a but yandre is going to work inside
09:36and that was a
09:37great pass by marcus smart rewarding the big man yandre eight and get position right there you see him if
09:42he's
09:42that low throw it to him good hook good patience by eight jay will jalen williams in the game out
09:49there
09:49with jay dubb case and wallace isaiah joe's on the floor as well for oklahoma city williams with seven
09:56to shoot close out there dub on the drive dub can't finish the follow goes from wallace i love the
10:03initial drive there jalen williams with the matchup with eight and he goes right at him gets to the
10:07rim and then case and wallace that's an effort play that he makes at the basket on the offensive board
10:11nice catch by hachimara on the corner man do you see how they rotate robbie i mean that was a
10:15broken
10:16down play they just figured out and a swipe it's williams on the finish that's one way to get going
10:23a chance for three as jay dubb takes flight that's how you create offense well the turnovers were such
10:30an issue back in the game in november and it's been a bit of an issue here for the lakers
10:35in this first
10:36quarter the rotations by oklahoma city have been so crisp but then the active hands jalen williams
10:43gets that steal and boy his first basket back being healthy here that's a loud one
10:50he had missed the last 10. coming into this one remember he missed the first 19 games of the season
10:57recovering from the off-season wrist surgery the last 10 was the hamstring and his first bucket after
11:03missing five to start as robbie said was certainly loud oklahoma city they think oh the lob and slam
11:11getting ready for the dunk contest on saturday springing from jackson hayes
11:204 14 to play we take a look at the live spread by draft kings
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11:38well we do have our four contestants for the dunk contest on saturday night key shot johnson of the
11:43miami heat carter brian of the spurs jace richardson of the magic and here is jackson hayes giving us a
11:48preview of what we're going to see on saturday got up got up and he put it down
11:56austin said he's ready to go showcasing it austin how do you feel about the seven footers in the dunk
12:01contest it's tough just because in the air it doesn't look as dynamic so a lot of times their cool
12:07dunks
12:08don't look as cool there's something to somebody smaller getting up that high in the air isaiah joe with a
12:15white howard again because of his length he had to go up higher you know what i mean remember he
12:20did
12:20the dunks where he was jumping on the 13-foot goal or 12-foot goal then he did the superman
12:24where he
12:24could jump as high kind of showing off the length of how high he can touch on the glass i
12:28think those
12:29are the ways of big to kind of be unique oh the champ god kenor sticks it there you go
12:35that's what the
12:36league leader three-point percentage looks like right there knocked down three and off the dribble this
12:40time little cross jalen williams switched that out got a good contest and that's just a really
12:45impressive shot there from luke canard talked to him before the game a little bit he said i'm so
12:50excited to be here man i don't think i'll ever be this open in my life when luca uh so
12:54he gets back
12:54i mean think about it look at all the gravity reeves luca uh-oh hold on guys a little extra
13:01sauce and a
13:02chance for three austin reese man oh man he's just out here saucing him up
13:11see canard a little pullback
13:18and then reeves just may have this dance something that's very underrated in his game is
13:23where i thought of know when to go up in that shot he feels that hand get into that little
13:28cookie jar
13:29and he's going up right away to kind of force that three-point play well the fact that he missed
13:3419
13:35games in his second game back has 35 against philly right like it just hasn't taken him much time to
13:41get comfortable and it doesn't take isaiah joe much time to get comfortable either a guy that's had
13:46plenty of success with some of the starters out in the first unit now goes back to the bench and
13:51he's
13:59against wallace reeves thought he was in his shooting motion instead it'll be side out
14:09definitely looked like he got to his chest before he was on his way up 2010 that's three free throws
14:16with the evolution of the game and these guys knowing how to get filed they had to take all
14:20that away remember the durant sweep through oh yeah the sweep through durant made that famous but i'll
14:25tell you who was good at it brooke lopez deceptive sweep that's actually a great call though oh bendo with
14:32a three okay couldn't hit it long rebound goes to wallace no number slows it down no i think you
14:38could
14:39throw kevin farm in that oh definitely guys that were so good at getting foul on numbers i hated guarding
14:44him
14:45he used to get me in foul trouble like two minutes he'd get everybody
14:50good shot out there robbie henrich williams dropped the contact and he'll get two free throws he's part
14:55of the loss files kevin martin yeah you know you don't stop talking about some of these guys before
15:00that social media era these names get lost he was a big time player 20 point per game types you
15:05know
15:05but it's funny because you see some of those guys now start to make waves again on social media like
15:10michael redd got super popular out of nowhere it felt like on instagram and twitter monte ellis feels like the
15:15next guy up i'll say ellis another bucket so williams at the free throw line as we take a look
15:22at the
15:22upcoming national tv schedule nba tv tomorrow night the clippers are in houston to take on the rockets
15:28then the spurs and the lakers right here in la espn on wednesday nicks sixers at 7 30 eastern spurs
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15:37warriors to follow at 10. for more on these games please go to nba.com or visit the nba app
15:43from ron james back on the floor with kenard reeves hayes and vanderbilt kenrich williams
15:52empty handed trick
15:55former laker alex perruso out there for the thunder with wiggins williams joe and jalen williams down
16:02the middle of dreams right to the rack man explosive two there as soon as he got by able to
16:07just excel
16:08get up to the rim for a quick leg russell's athletic too boy jj reddick showing off just how they
16:13can
16:13use kenard right just slip him out because you're so worried about his shooting gravity you get reeves
16:19downhill hey joe's got something going though yes he does he is a flame thrower these lights will do
16:25something to a player reefer three just five minutes all of them from downtown this is now his 19th game
16:31of
16:31the season with three threes or more really shoots that rock knocked away another turnover it's joe
16:37thought about the heat check now he'll relocate i had him early it's too late shooter on shooter
16:43kenard recognized it 13 to shoot they're gonna put jackson hayes in the mix here and it's caruso on the
16:52pole at hand well it was gonna either be whether it was isaiah joe in the picket pop or caruso
16:56making
16:57something happen you could just feel they were going right at jackson hayes and you can live with
17:02that you know a contested midway too he doesn't shoot a lot of middies as is they could catch a
17:08break there as thunder had an easy turnover fall out of their hands
17:14austin reeves showing a little something on his way to the basket when isaiah joe has come out here
17:20firing off the bench he has been active and looking for his shots and what a start to his ball
17:25game he's
17:26had canard skate drive shovel hayes on the adjustment couldn't finish it vanderbilt nearly took it away
17:35oklahoma city has a two for one here
17:40caruso at the controls that's a great drive dish by canard got to finish that
17:47caruso right at canard for two and that's the one area where canard does lack they're going to attack
17:53him on defense it's a 7-0 oklahoma city run looks like a delay of game was called against the
18:01thunder
18:01after the fact but they do get the two for one with just about 10 seconds separating shot clock and
18:09gate clock
18:14and over some pile up for the lakers they're up to four in this opening quarter
18:19games off the canard screen looks to turn the corner bully ball right through kick it vanderbilt
18:24all alone for a reason great and the tip in by jackson hayes
18:31that's a great smart heads up non-rotation there by caruso he headed the side between
18:36canard and vando lets vando get a wide open three and a backcourt violation on the good double up at
18:42half court
18:46it's just what vando does though he just plays hard to see jackson hayes
18:49keeping it alive on the glass it's a dennis robin there battle off the glass and keep it alive
18:56james in for hayes five seconds left
18:58it's going to be reeves with three seconds we threw reeves to the rim austin reeves
19:07ends the first quarter with a bang oh my gosh
19:12reeves has walked the rim again and the lakers are back within one yeah reeves out here cooking man
19:18look at this slicing the pick and roll getting up to the basket he's not showing any rust right now
19:25i
19:25can promise you that there is no answer for austin reeves nine points three assists
19:3312 lead changes in the first quarter it's a one point oklahoma city lead after one
19:42you guys were active forcing turnovers once again in that first quarter what'd you like about the way
19:45your defense played pretty good activity we gave up some stuff at the rim excluding that last play that
19:50we got to clean up but i thought we were active and competing isaiah joe so so much instant
19:55offense off the bench right there how does he bring a spark for this group every time out he's been
19:59in
19:59a really good groove lately but he's got a great floor game so even when he's not making them like
20:03that he really helps us thanks coach good luck the rest of the way appreciate it all right rob well
20:06both
20:07leading scorers for both teams off the bench isaiah joe a perfect three for three and he has looked sharp
20:13so far all of them from downtown when he makes that first one he just feels like that rim grows
20:19exponentially austin reeves leads the way for the lakers he's got nine points he's four for four so both
20:24off the bench are combined seven for seven and isaiah joe will start the second quarter holmgren will be
20:30back out there along with alex caruso isaiah hardenstein and the newest addition for the
20:35oklahoma city thunder jared mccain who was acquired from philadelphia at the trade deadline a big move
20:41from sam presti who doesn't necessarily give up a ton of draft capital but they give up one of their
20:46first
20:47round picks for this coming draft to get a young potential budding star in jared mccain and somebody
20:54they believe will fit in seamlessly with oklahoma city well i'm really intrigued noah because jared
20:59mccain is starting to shoot the basketball so much better you think about the knee injury last year the
21:04thumb injury in the preseason but he's 16 of his last 29 from three and right there right on cue
21:09the quarter break he is looking for his own offense early on just moving much more like he did during
21:16his rookie year where he was awesome before that torn meniscus forced him to the sideline the rest of
21:22the way marcus smart back out there maxi clevis played well at late for the lakers canard james
21:27and vanderbilt round out the five five to shoot now for lebron back down on caruso james failure and
21:33fill it up how about the ball fake there austin yeah to get mccain off just to get him a
21:38little
21:39bit of a look that's a tough matchup from the game even on uh marcus smart he has the size
21:44advantage
21:45mccain two for two okay there he goes i'm telling you though guys he was starting to find the rhythm
21:51in philadelphia certainly with the opportunity sga out jared mccain is going to have chances to make his
21:58spark quickly here he comes right off the bench now he and i say it go both perfect it's a
22:05nine five
22:06to five you know marcus is going there and he gets it to go and the foul that's exactly what
22:11he's going
22:11to do with that size advantage on mccain
22:16that little ball fake that's like what you see guys do down at the wide
22:22jared mccain coming off and what a start to his ball game out here in los angeles
22:28smart is having a size advantage he's one of those i'd say last of a dying breed just in terms
22:34of guards knowing how to play for the post remember in boston he did that heavily
22:39got a couple looks here especially with the size advantage of mccain
22:44mark dignall told us he was going to go 11 deep today and he has already with mccain being the
22:4911th guy
22:50to play for the thunder it's quite the luxury huh a little bit considering they don't have shea gilgis
22:56alexander or aj mitchell in this game still hopeful that what would be a second year player
23:02technically a rookie and nicola copic will at some point make his return he is back with the g
23:08league team playing with the oklahoma city blue tonight that was after a cancer diagnosis before
23:13the season took him out for this entire season so far three rounds of chemo he is back on the
23:18court
23:18and competing at the highest level as vanderbilt coach moves one in that is just an amazing story
23:23what a story out there absolutely man and just to see how much he's been through it's truly remarkable
23:29that he's back and playing he tore his acl before his draft so he missed all of last year in
23:35what would
23:35have been his rookie year he returned for summer league and then after the diagnosis what mark dagnall
23:40said is his teammates have made him feel everything is normal and the character of nicola topich when he
23:47went to mark dangle he said i just don't want this to be a distraction for the team i don't
23:50want it to be a
23:51downer for the team always thinking about the team first just exceptional humility driving kick caruso
23:58three and the rebound hartstein has fouled hard that's just a robbie talk about that i mean he catches
24:05the ball high and knew that he could get a foul there just a heads-up play hartstein has i
24:11don't
24:11want to say the mind of a guard but he's very very sharp you know for a big some of
24:16these guys are more
24:16programmed just to pick and roll and do you know the dirty work he knows how to
24:21pass and play he does you kind of called it you would know before the game talking about his dream
24:25on like field oh it's just like what he's what he does well you know whether it's it's the short
24:30roll it's the passing certainly on the offensive glass he's become so effective with that lefty
24:36floater but then he protects the rim he guards some of the better centers in the nba at a high
24:41level
24:42his rim protection even though he has blocked shots he guards at the basket he's just a really good
24:47center for this group and their rebounding numbers when he's not on the floor are way different than
24:53when he's on it oklahoma city though just one for five from the free throw line so far as vanderbilt
24:58stepped on the sideline turns it over those are the worst turnovers man
25:06he sees the floor better than anybody he's been doing this for 23 years he can score not only for
25:12himself but he just reads the floor plays chess not checkers he reads the defense always finds the
25:18open man what a luxury for canada to get traded for this team especially when luca gets back how many
25:23open shots is this guy gonna get when that last pass that we saw in that little package there he
25:28read
25:28that double team perfectly they were coming over with a great cut by vanderbilt but lebron just drops a
25:34dime isaiah joe's first miss falls off and it's batted out of bounds it's going to stay here
25:41and vandals everywhere
25:47take another look that's what i call vanderbilt and hit off his left hand
25:53well he got that pre-game interview with you austin then fired him up out here tonight
25:57i give him credit that's some good talks man i even had a talk a good talk with scott brooks
26:01before
26:02the game oh nice he's catching up he said that team we had dc was wild wasn't it
26:08immediately just my home guard went down there you go oh the back door cut from isaiah joe and the
26:14finish got brooks now in his second year under j.j reddick on this staff one-time nba head coach
26:20himself in okc in washington lebron james has mastered that fadeaway beautiful little fadeaway
26:27drifting towards his right
26:32mccain got the respect of the defense now he's going to rise up in that middle though yeah
26:36that's his shot right there just that stop and start though right like it's the hang dribble and
26:41then just an explosion there to the lane just throws the timing off the defender and this is where
26:46they're going to go right back at him especially with smart mccain's going for the miss and really
26:52mark is smart there he hooked mccain but he did it with his elbow so you're never going to see
26:56that
26:56get called you do that with your arm it's getting called another back door isaiah joe can soar okay
27:03isaiah joe i mean listen that takes a lot of goal you going back door you see lebron approaching way
27:10to get
27:10up but the two things that he does at such a high level it's the three-point shot and it's
27:15being
27:15an active cutter he showcased that here tonight going to move without the ball
27:20mccain out in the open he'll let one fire
27:25rebound smarty good effort skip it mccain hartnstein open man
27:31it's caruso cash let me get on the fun
27:36boy okc is moving that rock right here it's the back cut first you've got isaiah joe so active they
27:44don't want him coming off the handoff they're afraid of the three burn it to the rim then you
27:50get it right back at you this time it's maxi kleba getting it and alex caruso getting in on all
27:56the fun right here late on the rotation just like that okc is cashing out from three
28:01which has taken over this game so far already 27 points in the first quarter and a half 12
28:14points off turnovers nine second chance points as well it's been thunder basketball so far including
28:19this last 7-0 run to open up the seven point cushion well it's something to watch for too oklahoma
28:24city had a really healthy discussion about mid-range jumpers by some of these role players for the
28:29lakers marcus smart post us they're not going to overreact to him doing that a couple times what a
28:34pass and finish caruso finds holmgren these turnovers yeah they've just killed the lakers though and it
28:40happened in the first meeting it's happening once again okc going a little zone action here out of the
28:46corner james can't hit rebounded joe they're looking to run again they're just out to the races
28:53right now that's not a set offense they're just driving and kicking finding the open man
28:57and holmgren gets bumped on the outside by larabia well also think about this here when you're talking
29:02about oklahoma city these bench and role players have been absolutely hooping these last five games
29:08now it's caruso just looking off the defense he knows chet holmgren's running the floor but he keeps
29:14that defense at bay you're worried about the threes but he's dropping it off for a shot right there at
29:20the basket but guys guys like isaiah joe and you know kenrich williams had some big games certainly
29:26aaron wiggins like these guys have played in a real rhythm and now it's it's showing here for their
29:31second unit well the lakers finally forced a turnover to get it right back and isaiah joe knocks one down
29:36he makes them pay for the mistake he's got a rhythm going tonight man let me tell you
29:44he's got 16 points and 12 minutes off the bench he is six for seven from the floor off the
29:51heel for
29:51marines collected by williams right now it's essential for the lakers these next couple possessions they
29:55got to get some good offense in and execute there you go maybe force the turnover see if they get
29:59a good
30:00look here smart will rise yes that's a ton you can always get that right there austin
30:08home green with a purpose to the rack and just top of this shot nobody stops the basketball for la
30:17it's a 14-0 oklahoma city run well you save the basketball towards your end you are asking for
30:24trouble isaiah joe the right man to catch that one he has been unconscious here in this first half
30:30then you don't stop the ball chet holmgren's out here hanging on rims
30:36williams getting stretched out on the thunder bench yeah
30:4314 points oklahoma city lead and marcus smart finally puts an end to the 14-0 run and he's got
30:49a chance for a three-point play it's another one he's he's one of those guys crafty as well knows
30:54how to
30:55get the foul call you see right there as soon as he gets that contact he picks up the ball
30:58anticipating
30:59mccain's trying to cut him off uses that momentum against him that's what crafty scorers do it's not
31:05just about the bag work easiest basket basketball is a free throw well also austin you think about when
31:11the ball swings whether it's man-to-man or zone defense and that that defense is shifting over that
31:16seam it's such a great time to drive that closeout it puts so much pressure on 100 robbie it's one
31:22of the
31:22biggest skills you could have in the nba today as a guard it's not the bag work or a double
31:26crossover it's
31:27straight line drives
31:30like your dad made five in a row before that made from smart now mccain goes up and under he
31:35just
31:35can't push it through good move though he looks good though he looks for sand robbie just like the
31:40way he's moving out there and how aggressive he is hachimura can't stick to three by thunder we're
31:46fortunate there just not getting back and not getting the rui hachimura who's a very good three
31:50point shooter he is and he's one of the few that can shoot that well with a flat jump shot
31:56like him quite leonard there's some guys that just naturally have flat jump shots but he makes it work
32:02so on the drive and finish good bump but i also i love the slip by chet because that defender
32:10he just
32:10relaxes for a second and then you're just driving it right down that seam slips are so difficult to
32:16guard on the ball and what you're seeing is the difference in these two teams in terms of depth
32:25you cannot contain this guy eight foot shot doesn't go great contest by mccain though
32:31follows the miss and he puts it home
32:34pooping harm for deandre eight that was dominating that it was
32:40well here's that slip look at the way that homerun's getting out and it just creates a moment of
32:45indecision are you staying are you switching it's tough to guard and then austin this is going to
32:50be a problem for oklahoma city the not hartenstein minutes absolutely this is where he's got to
32:56play himself into the game dominate the paint the largest guy on the floor he's got the size advantage
33:02this is one of the areas that they can maybe make a dent well it's not like the lakers are
33:09this great
33:10offensive rebounding team but oklahoma city is very middle of the road exactly being on the defensive
33:15glass okc on the season is 24th in the nba second chance points per game on the bounce inside
33:22and lou dorn on the second adjustment is going to get two free throws that's just a great pass from
33:28chet holmgren draw that second defender put pressure on the rim and get into the paint
33:33just drop it off right there for lou dorn these teams are combined three for nine from the free throw
33:39line tomorrow on prime time in milan ilia maladin skates in the short program and michaela shifrin
33:46and breezy johnson team up in the team combined event tomorrow on npc and peacock
33:53the quad god as they call them legend
33:59the quad god yes that's correct four spins in the air that's different levels that's breaking it down
34:06right there are you a blazing glory fan i am yeah you came with some knowledge right yeah
34:11if will ferrell was sitting next then we could break it down hit him i and john header we could
34:17all talk
34:17about no doubt and the free throw struggles continue from both teams you know i just got the
34:24shaft with the wrong actor that that was the problem and i'm still not over it obviously with uh
34:29with you being back in the building yeah clearly no some ptsd is coming back to the surface
34:33yeah on the bounce what a pass and hayes will get two on the other side thank you well austin
34:44reeves
34:44taking his time walking back to the other end take another look at the pass here that was a tight
34:50window man with the left he had to make that low great hands by by hey he's grabbing it low
34:56and then
34:56immediately going high big mistake bigs do is they keep it low and get that ball stripped leg to leg
35:02contact with blue doors and austin reeves that's what got him limping just a tad here's what's coming
35:09up on american express at the half i'll be joined by brian scalabrini and derrick fisher we got the big
35:15crew today that's right well literally only scowl derrick and i you know let's say we're more on
35:22derrick played big he did he played much bigger than he was we're gonna totally break down this one
35:27there's also guys there's been some big fights in the nba tonight not just one i don't know if you
35:31know
35:31but there's been a second one where's the second one robbie you got any scuffles in the nba second
35:36one i was i was not taking that fun if you want to know where the second one was tune
35:40in american
35:41express at the half look forward to that on the spin shovel wiggins kick it's a three for williams
35:47and they move the ball so well though for a team that has so many weapons all of them play
35:52good to
35:52great offense euro hayes he's just going the other way he's waiting for him at the basket
36:00jalen williams is one of the best bigs at taking charges in the nba
36:05that's clear he's just one of those guys that he does so much for this group on both ends you
36:10mentioned the charge taking but certainly the way he can play five out on offense
36:14a capable three-point shooter and a guy that can really distribute but you're right noah he is
36:19phenomenal at taking those charges and look at that dime right there it's vanderbilt called for
36:25the foul on the back cut by williams that was the face cut foul they called that the paul pierce
36:30cut
36:30yeah pierce was a monster with that man it just
36:36this is right there look at the way he's just threading that right through jackson hayes little
36:42pocket yeah paul pierces just fly right across that paint well he's what's you're on his back man you're
36:48at his mercy he's just to go either way shoot over either shoulder austin he they also used to like
36:55hit the left elbow and then he would just dump truck you as a defender yep and just post him
37:01and
37:01it was so hard to deal with because of his size and physicality jill williams kind of kind of has
37:06that yeah i'm not comparing him to paul but he has that size man reeves has crossed like seven people
37:13today left it behind his head vanderbilt goes to get it and it's canard missed the three
37:20not kind of bounced by vanderbilt nope staying here i thought it was off vanderbilt too noah
37:25good activity by vando this is the value he adds this is an extra possession here so he might not
37:30score here in this possession but he created this offense
37:34reeves to get it in there it is and it's hot tomorrow at the rim
37:39i've always felt like on those under out of bounds plays if you set a great back screen you are
37:44going
37:44to put so much pressure even on great defensive units and that's exactly what the lakers did right
37:49there williams left it five nope make a little run here close out this half back within nine
37:57vanderbilt hits the deck wanted a foul instead it's reeves count it a three that's a tough shot
38:04high mount okc you see this energy back in the building in la
38:16austin reeds missed 19 straight games with a cap injury he has come back and looked even stronger
38:23than before 11 minutes off the bench five or six on the floor 12 points five assists and he has
38:29diced
38:30defenders left and right so far in the first half just a natural score just continues to develop his
38:37game each year seems like he just comes back with something different in his bag and again
38:45they're going to need a lot of it especially with this other guy out luca dunk if they're going to
38:49win
38:49this game tonight isaiah joe with the most bench points by an oklahoma city player in a first half
38:54this year 16 already coming off the bench under three to play in the second quarter and that's probably just
38:59due to the wide variety and balanced attack they usually don't need a guy to have 16 on the bench
39:04they usually all have like seven eight just collectively score close out by canard back down
39:09by holmgren this great defense got a way to travel there north lost it canard swiped it
39:20the big finish little throwback right there no question
39:27push shot by wallace to cry at the crowd one of those momentum killers
39:32even at lebron's age here the fact that he's still leading the nba in fast break points per game that
39:38play tells you why he is still a freight train in the open through we get it to go to
39:43the left he is
39:43fighting hard and it's going the other way and lebron can't believe it are they going to reverse this
39:48call looks like josh tibbon might come in and do so but here's another look look at this freight train
39:53number 23
39:54chet made a business decision right there folks he thought about it
39:58yeah had the angle but not the intention yeah he thought about it might as well check out
40:03i mean you're talking about the guy that's third the nba at blocked shots
40:08they did reverse the call it is laker basketball fresh 14 now i don't know lebron's going to get that
40:12one he didn't look from like a vertical step when he's high on menard friendly bounce
40:20he's going to have he's going to be a good little piece here he's going to give them something
40:24especially off the bench so they need that offense williams thought he was fouled he keeps driving to
40:29try to get fouled instead of just driving the score if you get fouled you get fouled look how
40:38high one to go and chet holmgren came over and totally altered that shot now remember oklahoma
40:44city two days ago was up 15 late in the second quarter against houston and went into that half
40:49only up a couple of possessions feels like the lakers have found that similar type of spark
40:54as court drills a big three well chet holmgren does not hold off austin reeves there that's a
40:59steal going the other way that was a really smart and physical play by holmgren that leads to the open
41:05shot for lou dork and wallace is pounding that's what he does leads the nba in steals he's got another
41:11one here find the trailer dork sets up now hold dry oh perfect pass inside and wallace does the rest
41:18initially la able to get back and stop that initial surge in transition but they lose track of case and
41:25wallace at the rim
41:29wallace at the rim
41:30oklahoma city
41:31has found just the right response
41:35he is so close to the midline there but the pressure that case and wallace can put on the
41:40basketball the way that he can move his feet he is a terrific defensive player
41:4420-8
41:45love and slam austin reeves just dropped it in the bucket and hayes went to the skies to get it
41:54beautiful unbelievable pass austin around the bunny just skipped that that's almost from half court
42:00two for one for okc williams driving on canard on the pump got the contact and he'll get two free
42:09throws well they're hunting that matchup you could see they are trying to get lou canard up there but
42:14this alley-oop boston is is ridiculous yeah just a quick throw and what a luxury when you got a
42:19guy
42:19like that that's why he's in the dunk contest he can go way up above the rim that was even
42:24above chet
42:27bringing some energy here in crypto this has turned into a high level back and forth first half
42:33playing without luka donchich and shea gilgis alexander top two scorers in the nba and yet
42:38with all the star power both of these teams possess you can feel that they want some momentum
42:43certainly the lakers want to continue this momentum three-game winning streak the thunder want to get
42:48back in the win column and avoid a three-game losing streak as we head towards the all-star break
42:59good job pressuring him kind of deterring i don't think they had enough time for a two-for-one anyways
43:03but
43:05they are into that basketball absolutely they pick up and they guard all of them look at look at dork
43:10six and three now for james on the bounces canard had a block got it back and canard puts it
43:16through
43:17but often he kept that high luke canard he was not going to be denied there way to stick with
43:22that play
43:22absolutely seven points off the bench for canard three seconds to work with williams off the window
43:28and it drops with 0.3 on the clock there you go canard lets it fly and it's well short
43:35looks like it
43:35might have been late anyway jalen williams finding a little bit of a rhythm in his return action towards
43:41the end of the first half and oklahoma city with 32 points coming off the bench leads by nine going
43:48into the break impressive back and forth first two quarters here in la as the thunder hold the
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44:30lakers in their home gym have some ground to make up against the oklahoma city thunder who robbie hummel
44:36have played a pretty impressive first couple of course no they totally did and certainly just the job that they
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