00:00Let's start off with Rockets, Lakers. So look, you know, the game last night, 115-96. Congrats,
00:06Houston. Is the series over, Adam? Or can Houston come back? That's it. That's all I need to know
00:11here. And then we can move on to the rest. Look, can the Rockets come back? I would say yes,
00:15only because I believed that Houston was going to win the series going in. And the Rockets have
00:20been the team that has been favored every single game, even without Kevin Durant playing in three
00:25of these four games. So look, from a talent standpoint, sure, of course the Rockets can
00:32win. But look, down 3-0, that's a hell of a thing to try and overcome. I know it's 3
00:38-1 now, but
00:39historically in the NBA, we just haven't seen it. We've seen teams come back from 3-0 and push a
00:44seventh game, but not get all the way over the hump. And I just don't think, short of Kevin Durant
00:50coming back and resembling his old self, and I'm not sure we're going to see him again in this
00:55series. Not to mention the fact the Lakers are gradually getting healthier. Austin Reeves was
01:00potentially going to play in this latest game, didn't. I would expect to see him the next time
01:05out. And we're inching closer to the possibility that even Luka Doncic play in this series. So,
01:10you know, LeBron obviously had an off game. It was, you know, he was not at his best after three
01:15really good ones to open the series. They got very little help when it comes to the really general
01:19lack of depth the Lakers have to begin with. But no, 3-1, I really don't see the Rockets
01:25coming back and overcoming this. Okay, fair enough. Would you say the same thing about
01:30the Blazers after what you saw last night with Wemby coming back and San Antonio blowing them
01:35out, 114-94, Wemby 27, Fox 28. But unfortunately, the, you know, the success of Scoot Henderson
01:43came to an end completely yesterday. He had no points in 27 minutes. So I would think that there'll
01:49be some, not regression, but rise for Henderson and maybe some better game to be played for Portland.
01:55And maybe they cover the next game, but I don't think they're winning. Do you?
01:59Look, if I'm giving the Rockets some chance, I'm giving the Blazers no chance, none. I mean,
02:06at least the talent could be argued that it's superior on Houston's side. Not the case for
02:11Portland. The Blazers have to contend with Wemby, Castle, Harper, Fox, list goes on. Even
02:18Luke Cornett off the bench. It's just, it's, it's too much in the form of San Antonio. Now
02:25there've been opportunities here for the Blazers. Clearly when Wemby went out in that second game,
02:30had Portland been able to hang on and, you know, maybe at that point in time, uh, or, or the,
02:37uh,
02:38yeah, second game you go, you know, you, you even the thing up and then obviously you have a chance
02:42to go up two to one, you blow it. And even without Wemby, the Spurs are able to overcome this
02:48game
02:48yesterday. You have a, what, 17 point lead at halftime and still wind up losing by 21 points.
02:55The Spurs team is too good. We knew going into the playoffs, this should not be a surprise.
03:00San Antonio, if healthy, and there was a big question mark there with Wemby in the
03:06supposed or apparent concussion for a moment anyway, that cost him a very little bit of time
03:11in this series back sooner than anyone would have envisioned clearly. But this San Antonio team
03:15is looking at this and saying, this should be Western conference finals minimum, if not NBA finals,
03:22if not championship, this team is excellent. That's not to say this, the Blazers are not
03:29plucky and, and, you know, have some fight in them and have some talent. You mentioned Henderson,
03:34Avdia, Grant, there's certainly some guys, but, you know, team versus team. No, Portland has no chance.
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