- 20 minutes ago
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
00:30The third quarter first half stats brought to you by Grey Goose Vodka LeBron James and Austin Reeves struggled James
00:38was one of six in the paint but the rest of the team picked up the slack 37 of the
00:4359 points by the other guys Dave Pasch Doris Burke alongside George Sedano in particular Rui Hachimura and Luke Kennard
00:50where would the Lakers be without that duo in this game they shot it extremely well and Austin and LeBron
00:55are affecting the game they're just not shooting it well the guys around them are 13 for
00:5921 including these two guys Rui and Kennard 29 points between them flat out knocking it down from three taking
01:08advantage of every open shot sometimes under the rest of the contest
01:12but both guys shot ready and ready to do their jobs they've been brilliant the Lakers hit 11 threes Hachimura
01:21had four of them
01:24Thunder plus 14 points in the paint but the three ball kept the Lakers in it
01:29Lakers did lead game two at halftime but then Oklahoma City went on a 22 to four run and eventually
01:37won game two 125 107 you see the numbers for Gilgis Alexander he was on the bench in game two
01:44during that third quarter run
01:46just four 14 shooting for the MVP Reeves did have eight assists despite the poor shooting eight in the lane
01:53fouled nope shot attempt it'll be a side out of bounds as
01:56Dord picks up the personal this first
02:01Lakers put up 34 points in that second quarter that's a lot surrendered by the number one defense in the
02:07NBA
02:09the defense from the Lakers some credit nine turnovers forced
02:18here's James get some airspace now find smart lob the eight and he missed the put in rebound by smart
02:26taken away Mitchell
02:39out the door rainbow three hits good he started to find his groove his three-point percentage
02:48regressed tremendously last year to this but the last 10 to 15 games he started to make those shots
02:58under re take the lead they led by as many as 10 in that opening half
03:02and a foul inside is
03:05Dord bumps LeBron James that's three on Dord
03:08every defense makes choices who are you coming off to who are you willing to concede shots to
03:15the answer for Oklahoma City's team it's always Dord the teams decided to come off of
03:21wide open look he gets a lot of those
03:25he's got five points tonight reads underneath Aiton goes up and banks it in
03:33the Thunder trying to become the sixth defending champ to start the postseason the next year seven and oh
03:39they beat the Suns in four one games one and two of the series the Lakers beat the Rockets in
03:45six as the three goes for Mitchell
03:53A.J. Mitchell averaging 16 points per game in the playoffs he averaged three in the playoffs a year ago
04:02James just four for twelve shooting the double comes lob to Aiton and the easy basket
04:10he still commands attention doesn't he get him in the post you're going to create an advantage
04:15arch time with the slam great find by Mitchell
04:20same thing with Mitchell right and his ability to get downhills not just for his own scores we saw it
04:25with Austin in the first half touch the paint become facilitated
04:31James trying to get position on Dort and they're going to call another foul here so that is four on
04:37Dort three here in the quarter
04:40Wow I'm surprised at this one
04:44Well Mark Dagnall keep Dort on the floor nope he's going to get case and wallet and Wallace and so
04:50you take out Dort is a first team all defensive player you bring in another guy who's certainly capable of
04:55being first team all defense and Wallace
04:58So it's the two hands wrapped around LeBron
05:01It's not as though that's the first time we've seen that though and given the level of physicality in games
05:07across the board I am a little surprised
05:10Shot clock at seven here's Reeves who's got nine assists and now Gilgis Alexander on James
05:17Shot clock at one Hachimura has to put it up misses and Aiton tips it out and it's controlled by
05:23Mitchell
05:24Bounces to Wallace who misses the layup
05:26Rebound Hachimura quick outlet James and he goes right at the chest of Hartenstein and missed the layup badly
05:33He's now one for seven in the paint and a Laker foul
05:37He's playing playing his case, but I think this is where it's different for him, right? That's that's typically
05:44You know a flush for him in most situations. He's going to get the
05:49No whistle. I like it. There's I would say marginal contact by Hartenstein there
05:56He is not taking a free throw and again just one for seven in the lane bad pass turnover James
06:02with a three on two
06:07James takes and another miss in the lane. He's mad again. He didn't get a call
06:14Ongren downhill with a slam
06:20Thunder by four
06:23Ongren now with 14 points
06:25Seven of seven in the lane
06:27Reeves attacks misses the tip in by Aiton
06:30He's got six points here in the quarter
06:42He'll just Alexander yet to take a shot here in the quarter until now and he swishes through the three
06:5717 points now for SGA to lead all scores James swing to Reeves
07:02Reeves got to get going at some point just three for ten tough pass underneath the turnover
07:13Yodas Alexander goes away from the screen
07:18Mitchell with the hesitation now driving baseline the floater good for AJ Mitchell timeout JJ Reddick the Thunder back in
07:27front by seven
07:30So I keep talking about it Austin is a dynamic driver, but he also gets attacked and he is going
07:36to get blown past here AJ Mitchell's thinking one thing
07:45At conference semifinal on ABC tomorrow at 3 30 Eastern time our coverage starts NBA tip off 2 30 followed
07:52by the NBA draft lottery at three
07:54Let's check in with George Sedano
07:55Dave DB. I spoke to Mark Degnault the head coach of the Thunder coming out of the half about shake
08:02you just Alexander's struggles in the first half
08:04Shea was for 14 in that first half
08:06He said the Lakers aren't doubling him as much in this particular contest and that he's taken a lot of
08:11jumpers
08:12They're just not knocking him down when he takes them, but he said not worried about him
08:16They trust him clearly and they think he'll battle through it
08:19Well, think about it George in the regular season on all two-point shots
08:23He was 60% in that first half. He was 2 for 7 some of that is the disruption of
08:28Marcus Smart
08:30Turnover out of the timeout Mitchell scoop and score against Reeves crafty AJ Mitchell again on the drive
08:36And the Thunder 7 of 8 shooting here in the quarter at turnovers start the mount again for the Los
08:43Angeles Lakers and unless
08:46Reeves and LeBron start making shots. It's not going to matter what shake gilders Alexander's doing
08:51They got to have their guys make some looks while an air ball from 6 feet by Aiden. He misses
08:57on the putback try
08:58Reeves has four turnovers by the way for the Lakers as
09:03Gildas Alexander misses and out of bounds
09:06And out of bounds
09:08Mark Dagnall may challenge that
09:10Thunder players are pleading with him
09:13We're always talking about turnovers middle of the floor live ball
09:17I mean against this team. It's the kiss of death
09:19They averaged 22 points per game off turnovers from their opponents
09:23Simply can't do that
09:26And this is when in game 2 the Thunder made its run because of Laker turnovers a 22 to 4
09:33run that eventually put the game out of reach
09:36Good hands by Mitchell got the deflection and James
09:39Bad pass another Laker turnover
09:42We see that Austin LeBron pick and roll so often
09:46It's incredible to me how many deflections hands-on basketballs that Oklahoma City gets
09:53Been the number one defense in the NBA the last two years
09:58Won the championship last year try to become the first repeat winner since Golden State in 2017 2018
10:04With a win tonight they'll go up 3-0 game for Monday
10:08Back here in LA
10:09Gildas Alexander driving
10:11Gets to his spot fires and connects
10:13Gildas Alexander starting to catch a fire here in the third and Thunder have its largest lead
10:22Meanwhile the Lakers with more turnovers than baskets in the quarter 4-3
10:27Achimura puts it on the deck and misses on the baseline
10:31Hartenstein rebounds
10:34Midway point of the third the Lakers have just six points
10:38Gildas Alexander bounce to Wallace
10:40His three front rim no
10:42And rebounded by Reeves
10:46Achimura will stop at the three-point line
10:49And miss again
10:51And the only points for the Lakers in the quarter scored by DeAndre Ayton
10:56Wow
10:57What a shot by Holmgren
10:59Met mid-air by Jackson Hayes and Holmgren still put it in
11:03He's made every two-point shot he's attempted
11:08Eleven straight Thunder points they lead by 13
11:11Can anybody stop the bleeding for LA?
11:19James with a shot clock at six. That's good.
11:23Still LeBron
11:24Still able to go to that mid post and get a shot he likes
11:33There's three for his last ten though five-minute mark of the third
11:38Mitchell gets past Hayes and Hayes fouls him
11:43Just watch our seven-foot center from the Oklahoma City Thunder do a thing or two
11:48Catch on the move little handle absorb the contact no whistle
11:53How about the dexterity?
11:56And you know he talked to us
11:57You think about how quickly he came back from that fractured hip a year ago
12:01And he said I had to spend the offseason rebuilding my body
12:05And getting in the kind of condition required to have a deep run into the playoffs
12:11An all-star this year
12:1324 years old was the number two pick in 2022
12:16Had a foot injury missed his entire rookie season
12:19Well, he continues to get better
12:21You think about how scary this Oklahoma City team is now and will be for years to come
12:26You add AJ Mitchell into the mix
12:28I think he's the guy Doris the more you watch the Thunder
12:31Stands out as a guy
12:32I mean Jalen Williams hasn't even played in the series
12:35Yet the Thunder looked dominant
12:37He's not
12:38Chuck Chuck brought this up in the pregame show
12:41It's like we could be looking at a potential dynasty
12:44This team is well set up
12:46The lottery is tomorrow
12:47We'll see where their pick is going to end up
12:51Here's Kennard off the bounce
12:52Gets it to fall
12:53The Thunder by the way have a 7%
12:56A percent chance to finish in the top four
12:59And a 1.5% chance to get the number one pick
13:02Some think this is deep a draft as we've had in two decades
13:05And the Thunder might get a top four pick
13:08As Wallace slams at home passed by SGA
13:11As you said he's found his rhythm Shea
13:14He's in command now
13:15And how much application Wallace down there along the baseline
13:21Ron on a deep catch swing to the corner
13:23Hachimura got a three
13:25Boy the Lakers needed that fifth triple for Rui Hachimura
13:30And the Lakers stay within striking distance
13:34In the final four minutes of the third
13:36They'll double Gilgis Alexander in the corner
13:38Knocked out of bounds by Hachimura
13:41Marcus Smart going to check back in
13:43Shea's gotten loose
13:44So the guy that has been sitting in Shea's jersey
13:48Is going to go right back next to him
13:52And James has played 26 minutes
13:54He'll get a breather
13:55Jalen Williams checking in
13:57Holmgren to the bench
13:59Isaiah Joe will come in
14:01And Mitchell
14:02Will take a seat
14:06Nineteen bench points for the Thunder in this game
14:08Sixteen for the Lakers
14:10But fifteen of those by Kennard
14:11Hayes has the other one
14:14Gilgis Alexander double gives it up
14:16Bounce to the corner
14:17Timer at three Williams out to Wallace with two
14:20Wallace to the bucket
14:21And it is over the shot clock
14:24And hit the wiring up there
14:25It's a 24 second violation
14:29That's that's a time they sent the double at Shea
14:33And great players to me
14:35They're they're inviting the double
14:37Like Luka Doncic talks about this all the time
14:39Send the double my way
14:40Cause you're going to create an advantage for my team
14:43Cause I'm going to get out of the double
14:44I'm going to get the ball quickly to the next spot
14:47Speaking of Doncic
14:48That's 34 points per game the Lakers don't have
14:51He led the NBA in scoring
14:53But has been out the entire postseason
14:55As Reeves turns it over for a fifth time
14:58He has just three field goals
15:01Gilgis Alexander underneath to Caruso
15:13The end with a playoff double header at 7 Eastern
15:18Don't forget we get inside the NBA though
15:20That's what's most important right now Doris
15:22It follows us at
15:25Whenever we're done here in Los Angeles
15:28Kenny Charles
15:30Shaq
15:31And Ernie standing by
15:32Dave Basch Doris Burke
15:33George Dodano here in Los Angeles
15:35The Lakers trailing this series two games to none
15:37And trailing in this quarter by 14
15:39They led at halftime
15:41But Oklahoma City has had a terrific
15:44Period and leads 84-72
15:46Talk a lot about the depth
15:47Sam Presky the job he's done
15:49As the general manager
15:51Mark Dagnol
15:52NBA playoff history
15:54In the first 40 games
15:5528 wins
15:58By the way congrats to Steve Kerr
16:00As Shams reported earlier a two year contract to stay with the Warriors
16:04But Dagnol in year six
16:06The guy that worked as a man
16:08When JJ Raddick was playing at Duke
16:10They were the same age
16:11Dagnol was a student manager at Connecticut for Jim Calhoun
16:14Then he went to Holy Cross for a year
16:16Coached for Billy Donovan at Florida
16:18Then was the G League coach for the Oklahoma City Blue for five years
16:22Before getting the head job of the Thunder
16:24And he's become one of the best
16:25Head coaches in the league
16:28Smart in the lane
16:29Flips it up and it's good
16:31Tough two by Marcus
16:36Just the second field goal for Smart
16:38Two and a half to go in the third
16:39Lakers down ten
16:40And Thero back on the floor
16:43Played a handful of minutes in that first half
16:45Gilgis Alexander no
16:46A rare miss here in the third
16:48And Thero clears the rookie from Arkansas
16:50So accustomed to him just knocking those down with regularity
16:54Great pointer off the heel by Hachimura
16:56Great hustle smart
16:57SGA out of there with it though
16:59Goes behind the back
17:01With the Eurostep
17:02Oh he missed the layup
17:05Okay the tightness of that handle though ridiculous
17:07And a foul inside as Peruso
17:09Grab smart underneath
17:11That's the first on Caruso
17:13Team foul number four
17:25LeBron James back on the court
17:27He has just two points here in the quarter
17:28Reeves hasn't scored in this period
17:30He gets a rest
17:32It's a ten point game
17:35Hartenstein checking in replacing Williams
17:37Game four Monday night here at crypto.com arena
17:46Smart driving baseline
17:48And Thero couldn't handle the pass
17:50Gets on the floor to save it though
17:56James inside Thero
17:58Oh he missed the duck
17:59And missed the second time the foul
18:03J.J. giving this young guy a chance
18:05I'll tell you this
18:07As he told us he's he's a guy who's gonna do what the game plan requires
18:12And he's going to play extremely hard and be engaged
18:17And he's pulling the strings here J.J. gave Maxi Kleba a couple minutes
18:22In his front court
18:24Firo getting some time
18:25And he hits the free throw
18:27Second foul on Caruso
18:29Thero
18:30Thero started out his college career at Kentucky
18:32Was there for a couple years
18:33And went to Arkansas
18:34Was the 36th pick in the draft
18:37Last summer
18:38Turned 22 years of age
18:40Yesterday
18:43And he misses the second
18:45And an offensive rebound by Smart
18:47And a foul inside again on Caruso
18:49Who picks up three fouls in about a minute
18:54They're over the limit so Smart will be at the line
18:58Free throw checkout fundamental right
19:01You can see him he just clearly grabs Marcus's arm
19:09Officially three fouls in 16 seconds for Caruso
19:15Six points now for Smart
19:18Lakers trying to creep back
19:20Closer to the Thunder here
19:22And the waning minutes of this third quarter
19:27The Lakers lost one time all year
19:30When they led going into the fourth
19:32They had the best record in the league
19:33Can they get there?
19:34They're back within seven with a minute 50 to go in the third
19:41Yodis Alexander working on Thero
19:43Into the lane
19:45Out to Wallace
19:46Yodis wide open
19:47No good on the three
19:49Hardenstein
19:49Great job to get the offensive rebound
19:51And draw the loose ball foul
19:54It's on Kennard
19:56His second
19:58That's the first in the last two minutes
20:00So a side out of bounds
20:02They stagger their bigs
20:03You see Chet sitting over there on the sideline
20:05They start the first and third with them both
20:07But it's not a ton of minutes double big
20:09They'll split them for good stretches
20:13Yodis Alexander drives
20:14Splits the double out to Caruso
20:16Missed the three
20:17Skine to get the rebound
20:18Wallace
20:19Now it's Joe
20:20He can't hit
20:22Thero gets the board
20:30Laker ball down seven
20:32Smart
20:33Penetrates into the lane
20:34Lost the ball
20:35Thero saves it
20:36Out to Kennard
20:38Thero for three
20:40No good
20:42Tipped up and in though by Smart
20:46Marcus Smart
20:47Just dogged determination on both ends
20:50Up to nine points
20:53Lakers back within five
20:55Gildas Alexander
20:57Joe
21:00Oh the three is good for Isaiah Joe
21:02His first points of the game
21:04Big answer
21:05Yeah, that's all created by
21:07They're trying to gap and take away the paint
21:10Show bodies to shade
21:11And he's just trying to use that gravity to find shooters
21:16Canard
21:18Thero didn't want to take that one
21:20And a foul called as Gildas Alexander hits the deck
21:23Thero picks up the personal
21:25Is he grabbing the same pie? No
21:27I thought he
21:29Remember in the first half
21:31He reached down at one point
21:38Oh yeah
21:39And the leg stuck out enough the crowd reacted to the overhead
21:42I'm not sure why
21:4530 seconds to go in the quarter
21:50Oklahoma City leading 87-79
21:57Gildas Alexander keeps the bounce finds Wallace
22:00Penetrate kick Joe for three
22:02Back to back
22:03Isaiah Joe hits
22:05Down the stretch of the third
22:08Lead back to eleven for Oklahoma City
22:13Eight seconds to go
22:18James in the lane
22:20Creates some space
22:21Misses again in the paint
22:23And the quarter comes to an end
22:29This presentation of the NBA playoffs on ABC presented by Google will continue after this message that a word from
22:37our ABC station
22:46Canard with the Lakers with us here Luke you guys had some breakdowns there at the end what went down?
22:50Yeah, a little bit of miscommunication
22:54Physicality kind of let off a little bit turn the ball over a little but hopefully we can start to
22:58start the fourth quarter strong
22:59All right fourth quarters coming up
23:00You don't want to go down 0-3
23:02What do you need to do?
23:03What are the keys to victory?
23:04That's got to be our mentality
23:05We got to protect home court
23:07We got to have a good start up our physicality and play together
23:10Luke good luck. Thank you. Thank you. Dave DB
23:13Well, not a good start. They give up a dunk on the first possession
23:15Although James on the other end scores
23:17He was one for nine in the paint prior to that basket
23:20Dave I kept asking in the first half that the Lakers sustained their three-point shooting through to the second
23:25half
23:26They were 11 for 20 if you remember in the first
23:29Canard and really driving that they are just one for five
23:33Now give up another offensive rebound in a bucket
23:36So two paint baskets out of the gates here
23:40Lakers season on the line
23:42No team in the NBA playoffs has ever come back from down 3-0 to win a best of seven
23:47They trail 2-0 and 13 in this game
23:50Smart will go to the line
23:51First foul in the Thunder here in the quarter
23:53So this is the start to the third after outscoring the Lakers by 13
23:58Now they go downhill
23:59A.J. Mitchell I keep saying that he is a downhill player
24:03And it's sometimes for him sometimes just soft off the window
24:07Into a offensive rebound
24:09This guy I'm telling you he's a huge piece of this
24:13You are playing without Jalen Williams your second best player
24:17His ball handling his downhill ability
24:21Secondary and sometimes primary playmaking in the absence of this guy
24:25Monumental
24:26Dealt with a couple different injuries this year
24:29For a while looked like he was going to be the most improved player in the NBA
24:32But didn't play enough games to qualify
24:36But had a great regular season and has been terrific in the postseason
24:40And whether off the bench or now as a starter with Williams out due to injury
24:45Lot for Hartenstein
24:48Shot clock down to seven
24:50Wide open Joe
24:51Good on the three and James has the ball
24:55Lakers down 12 James racing up the court
24:58And fouled he'll go to the line for the first time tonight
25:04Only four times in 300 previous career playoff games
25:08As he had a game where he didn't shoot a free throw but he'll get to the stripe here
25:14This is downhill
25:17Crosses over gets himself to the middle of the paint draws enough contact and then does a nice job
25:21Holding up Chet so he doesn't bury him into the stanchion
25:25Second team foul first on Holmgren James now five of six in the series at the line
25:30He shot only one free throw in game one
25:32Four of four in game two and one of one tonight
25:34Fifteen points six assists six rebounds
25:39Year 23
25:41For LeBron James year eight with the Lakers
25:45Most assume that LeBron James will continue to play
25:49After this season
25:50The big question is will it be here in LA?
25:53They might only have a couple games left this season with the Lakers unless they can turn things around here
25:58late
25:59In this ballgame as it's back to ten
26:10Mitchell again driving
26:13Feeds underneath to Hartenstein who's mauled
26:15Gets the basket looked like there was a foul but no call
26:18Boy Hartenstein with six points here in the quarter
26:24Reeves did not score in the third he's got twelve point three for ten from the floor
26:30James has the smaller Mitchell on him feeds underneath the Hachimura
26:34Three-pointer Reeves no good but a foul
26:37And Reeves will go to the line for three
26:42It's on Dort that's five on him and that's significant
26:45Obviously Oklahoma City's very deep but this is the first team all defensive player
26:50And Mark Dagnall will have to decide whether to keep him on the floor
26:55Timeout here by Dagnall we'll see if he challenges it or if it's just a timeout
26:59He keeps actually pleading his case on the other end for the non whistle on Hartenstein
27:08The NBA conference semifinals on ABC are delivered by Chipotle
27:13Real ingredients real flavor Chipotle for real
27:17In far by Lincoln
27:19And Google
27:23For the conference semifinals delivered by Chipotle
27:27Successful challenge watch Rui Hachimura
27:29He's called for an illegal screen there
27:33And so no free throws by Reeves
27:35He was fouled and was gonna shoot three
27:37But now it's an offensive foul and a turnover and it's Thunderball
27:41This is why it matters as Reeves is gonna be in disbelief
27:45But this is why it matters you don't concede an inch on the floor to me Dave, right?
27:50Like Dort's gonna play through that in anticipation that that could be an illegal screen
27:55They fight you for every inch of real estate
28:00And the champs have a 12-point lead at the 10-minute mark
28:04Trying to go up 3-0 in the series with game 4 on Monday night
28:09Mitchell has been able to get to the rim all night
28:11Missed the shot inside that time offensive rebound Holmgren
28:15And the putback
28:16Double big on the floor
28:18Chet holding that left eye
28:26Holmgren is 9 for 9 on 2-point shots in the game
28:290 for 4 from behind the arc
28:31Can Reeves get unlocked?
28:33He's fouled here and his first points of the second half
28:43Been a quiet half for him obviously
28:45But doing what he does his drives points per possession in the regular season were amongst the league's best
28:54Shows you why there
28:57And he completes the three-point play after Mitchell picks up his second foul third team foul
29:02No fouls yet on the Lakers here on the fourth
29:04It's an 11-point game
29:13Lakers look like they're in a zone here
29:15Mitchell with a floater
29:16No good over Aiton
29:18Boy Aiton cannot get a defensive rebound
29:20He's around the ball so much but just doesn't come down with it
29:23Three-pointer no good
29:24Again kept alive by Hartenstein and a foul
29:27And this is to drive you mad if you're J.J. Redick
29:30And it's why we have thought
29:32You know he has
29:34Called the numbers of different bigs in this matchup
29:38Maxi and Thero hadn't played much
29:41But you better bring a higher degree of intensity and physicality
29:45You can't put two light hands on him
29:48And walk casually when Isaiah Hartenstein is trying to go get a rebound
29:51That will not get it done
29:53One defensive rebound for Aiton in 23 minutes play
29:56The foul is on James
29:57The turnaround jumper no good
29:59And again Aiton just standing around
30:01Mitchell gets the offensive rebound
30:03And Redick looks down to the bench to get somebody else's
30:06Aiton pushes Mitchell
30:07Count the basket and one
30:09And this is absolutely frustrating
30:11Your playoff life is on the floor
30:14This is abject frustration for J.J. Redick
30:17You wait an extra possession, Thero's gonna come back in
30:21But the casual nature
30:24I mean this is another situation where Aiton
30:26Yeah, is Isaiah, you know, engaged with him a little bit
30:30Yes, but now it's just a push
30:32And did did Mitchell leave his feet?
30:36Because then that would change that into an airborne player
30:40And that could change the timing of that is close
30:43So they are looking to see if it should be upgraded to a flagrant
30:46As the Thunder lead it now by 13
30:49Hachimor and Aiton having a conversation
30:52At the Laker bench
30:57Aiton's first year with the Lakers
30:58Eighth in the NBA
30:59Former number one overall pick
31:01Who had some really good playoff games with the Sun
31:05And
31:07Traded spent a couple years in Portland
31:08They thought he could help the Lakers
31:10In the playoffs this year
31:12By Aiton does not meet the criteria for a flagrant foul
31:17Therefore we have a common foul
31:19Successful field goal, one free throw
31:21And the other thing for the Lakers too
31:23In this situation
31:25They're trying to find somebody who can
31:28Get on a roll
31:29Well, that's somebody at least the guy that's done it
31:32You're out his playoff career
31:35Is out of the game
31:37Luka Doncic they don't have that
31:38LeBron James doesn't have it going the night 6 of 17
31:41Reeves doesn't have it going 4 of 11
31:43And you're missing 34 points per game
31:47And you're elected to go 0
31:50As you lift Aiton
31:51You're not going back to Jackson Hayes
31:53And I think that has been something
31:55All season that's been hard for the Lakers
31:59Inconsistent play up front
32:01So Firo is in as Mitchell's at the line
32:04He's got 17 points
32:09And missed the free throw
32:11And another loose ball ends up in the hands of Oklahoma City
32:16Mitchell again drives to Dort
32:18Rainbow three
32:19Hit it
32:21And it's a 16 point game
32:25What a sequence in favor of the Thunder
32:29Early in the fourth
32:34James coming off the screen
32:36Dort falls down
32:39Shot clock at 5
32:41Nice speed James to Reeves
32:43And he gets the basket inside
32:44And he comes up hobbling Dave
32:46His gait a little bit funky
32:49Austin coming back down the floor
32:51I think he's in absolute pain right now
32:55He's trying to work out that right foot
33:01Mitchell hoist and hits a 3
33:05A.J. Mitchell has been sensational throughout this series
33:13He's got a team high 20 points
33:16She'd go to Sal
33:17Alexander is under 20 points
33:18For the second straight game
33:20That never happens
33:21Yet the Thunder have the
33:23Significantly
33:23Hachimura with the basket
33:25But they trail by 15
33:27The SGA minutes are even tonight
33:31They have been an admit
33:33Well a plus for Oklahoma City
33:35If you go even a plus you're thrilled
33:37Mitchell hangs and gets it
33:40Wow
33:41A.J. Mitchell has taken over the fourth quarter
33:45Even Jake Gilgis-Alexander reacted
33:47In talking to Mark Dagnall
33:50About the talent of A.J. Mitchell
33:51The second year pro
33:53James in the lane
33:54Hangs and gets the layup
33:59Just felt like those offensive rebounds were back breaking
34:05Mitchell's got 16 points in the half
34:0822 for the game going to work again
34:11And long rebound Thero
34:16Reeves bumped behind the head to James
34:18And a foul
34:19Heck of a pass by Austin there
34:22But A.J. Mitchell
34:24Without Jake Gilgis-Alexander on the floor
34:27Just absolutely taking over this basketball game
34:30Getting to the spots on the floor that he wants
34:32He's a left-hander
34:33He goes to the right
34:34LeBron hanging back a little bit defensively
34:36He has relentlessly
34:38When it's been Austin Reeves in front of him
34:40Attacked
34:41The adjustment in the air
34:43I mean that is all of those moves special
34:46Second round pick in 2024 by the Knicks
34:4838th overall and then traded to the Thunder as James misses the free throw
34:53And again Mitchell last year played just 36 games
34:57And in the playoffs played seven minutes per game
35:01But with the injury to Jalen Williams he was obviously going to play and get minutes anyway
35:04But with the injury to Williams he moves into the starting lineup and has become
35:10One of their top scores
35:15One out of two for James
35:16And you wonder about Jalen Williams long term
35:20You know similar to Austin Reeves in that you're going to try to come back in the heat of the
35:24playoffs
35:25When the physicality and intensity are at the highest
35:28You're going to try to regain your shape while you're playing
35:32Mitchell again driving and scoring
35:36A.J. Mitchell can't be stopped
35:38Ace got 24
35:40The lead back to 16
35:4418 points and a half for Mitchell
35:47Braves drives
35:48Misses
35:49Again irate with the officials
35:51And the Lakers don't get back
35:53Caruso with the hammer
35:57The Thunder stretch the lead to a game high
36:0018 points
36:02Midway through the fourth
36:10How often do you see a missed layup?
36:13Results in a layup on the other end
36:15Austin Reeves
36:17Trailing the plays upset with a non-whistle
36:19Oklahoma City plenty of time to have a little fun
36:26Series brought to you by the United States Marine Corps game four on Prime Video Monday
36:30If the Lakers were to come back and win this one down 18 or win on Monday there'd be a
36:35game five Wednesday in OKC
36:36Well A.J. Mitchell thrust into a starting role with Jalen Williams on the bench
36:41That means he's facing starter defenses
36:44He's five for six when he's attacked Austin Reeves
36:46Set a little screen get him going downhill
36:49He's so dangerous now he sees LeBron James
36:52Leaning back defensively
36:54His mindset is attack
36:56And again I go back to Mark Degno saying that had they lost game seven against Denver or Indiana
37:03They would have looked and said what do we need?
37:06And one of those things was secondary playmaking and at times primary primary playmaking
37:12I mean guys got 24 and 10
37:14And no turnovers for Mitchell
37:19Thunders shooting 59% from the floor in the half
37:22They have just one turnover as a team in the second half
37:25Gilgis Alexander with a killer three
37:28It is 115 to 94
37:31They trailed at halftime but now they're up 21
37:35With five and a half to go
37:36This is played exactly the way the first two have played
37:39With the Lakers having an advantage through a stretch of the basketball game
37:42And the depth
37:44Inevitably taking its toll
37:49James 19.7 of 18 shooting
37:55Timers at five
38:00Kennard his three is good
38:07Kennards had a good game off the bench 18 points on 7 of 10 shooting
38:29Jason Wallace
38:34Timer down to two
38:35Dort penetrates
38:36Falls away and with the high bank gets it
38:47In the second half of this series Oklahoma City has outscored the Lakers by 51
38:54As you said that's been the difference
38:58Lakers have led in all three games yet a thunder four minutes and 20 seconds away from a three nothing
39:03series lead
39:04As the Lakers are called for a foul
39:07So shake Gilgis Alexander has not fought the game
39:11He touched on the rhythm he caught early in the second half dancing into a little three there
39:16It is a matter of time with this guy
39:23He's got 22 points three of seven from three
39:27Gilgis Alexander whips it to the corner
39:29And Smart almost got the steal
39:32Shot clock down to four
39:34Wallace for three got it
39:35Cason Wallace with his fourth three
39:39Largest lead of the night for the Thunder at 23
39:42Again they trailed at halftime
39:48James can't answer rebound Hardenstein
39:54Well the Thunder last year set the NBA record for scoring margin in the regular season
39:59This year it wasn't as high it was still double digits
40:03And an offensive foul on Wallace
40:05They're built on great defense but make no mistake
40:09Offensively they are as good as anybody
40:11And coaching has a lot to do with it
40:13You got an MVP
40:14You got a secondary All-Star that's healthy in Holmgren
40:18You got Jalen Williams
40:19When healthy he's an All-Star
40:21And you got incredible depth
40:22And it was Jared McCain in
40:24Game 2
40:25And it's been A.J. Mitchell here in Game 3
40:28And the Lakers are emptying the bench with 3.38 to go
40:32As Gilgis Alexander will be at the line
40:35After a technical foul was called on Marcus Smart
40:42Our coverage of the Stanley Cup playoff second round continues tomorrow night on ESPN with a playoff double header
40:47Sabres and Canadians in Game 3 at 7 Eastern then it's the Golden Knights and Ducks in Game 4
40:52The Road to the Cup on ABC rolls on
40:55Buffalo Montreal tied at 1
40:57Vegas leads Anaheim 2-1 in that series
41:02They took a huge jump to your point about how much more dangerous they are offensively
41:08Huge jump of three-point shooting this year, right?
41:12And you just have more optionality with A.J. Mitchell
41:17Think about the threes Isaiah Joe makes tonight
41:20He just runs around and finds shots
41:24Oklahoma City about to go 3-0
41:30Finals continue tomorrow 3-30 Eastern on ABC
41:33It's Game 4, Knicks and Sixers, New York up three games to none
41:37Our coverage starts with NBA tip-off at 2-30 Eastern
41:40Followed by the NBA draft lottery at 3 Eastern time
41:46Teams that lead a best of 7 series 2-0 go on to win the series 92% of the
41:52time
41:53Teams that lead 3-0 100% and the Thunder are three minutes away from doing that as they have
41:59emptied the bench as well
42:00Joe hits another long ball his third
42:05And the Lakers won the first round series over Houston in six games
42:11Without Luka Doncic
42:14Kevin Durant didn't play most of those games for Houston but
42:17Without Doncic it's really a tall ask for the Lakers trying to beat this excellent Thunder team as Bronny James
42:24gets to
42:27And it looked the depth of the Lakers
42:30The Lakers was better the night in terms of production
42:33Canard at 18
42:35Hachimura at 21 but
42:38LeBron James and Austin Reeves a combined
42:4112 for 32
42:44And just 36 points between your two best offensive players
42:55Game 4 is Monday night and if the Thunder can close it out they may get a chance as they
43:00did after sweeping the Suns
43:02To have some time off because that San Antonio Minnesota series looks like it's going to go long
43:06The Spurs up 2-1 game 4 tomorrow
43:09Well how impressed it was Victor Wimby Nala last night
43:1739 for Wimby in that game along again with great defense
43:20So feel to you like of all the offensive weapons he has in his arsenal
43:24He's dialing through them faster and knowing which part of that offensive game to leverage
43:30And that's going to come with repetition, right? It's really that's all it is
43:35You got to get live reps
43:38Wiggins gets the basket
43:40Aaron Wiggins is a great example of just the ridiculous depth of Oklahoma City
43:44Last year he had two great games in the NBA Finals
43:48He had an 18 point game 2
43:50And 14 points in game 5 as Thero
43:52Scores of his foul
43:54Yet Aaron Wiggins isn't even in the rotation
43:56Here in the postseason
43:59And one thing among a lot you have to love about Mark Dagnall
44:02Is how he communicates with his players
44:04He told Jared McCain before the playoffs
44:06He said you're not going to play in this series much
44:09But I'm going to need you at some point
44:11And lo and behold in games 1 and 2 they needed him
44:15In the second half of both games he delivered
44:18And I'm sure there was a similar message to Aaron Wiggins
44:20And there might come a time if the Thunder keep rolling along
44:24That Wiggins will be a factor again
44:31Joe for three good again
44:34It's four straight years of Isaiah Joe
44:36Taking at least 300 threes and making 40% of them
44:41So pitch with the steel
44:45And throws it away
44:46Nick Smith who banked in a three couple of possessions ago drives and a foul
44:51That's a good foul
44:52No
44:55No
44:56No
44:56No
44:57No
44:57No
44:57No
44:57No
44:59No
44:59No
44:59That's a good
44:59No
45:04No
45:04Are we marching closer to the anticipation of perhaps
45:10Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
45:43Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
46:16Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
46:18Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
46:27Субтитры делал DimaTorzok
46:32He also was coming off an injury
46:35And the Lakers didn't have Luka
46:36Doncic in this postseason but they
46:39Find themselves in an 0-3 hole
46:41Game 4 Monday night as the Thunder
46:43Go to 7-0 in the playoffs and look
46:46For their second straight sweep in
46:48Just over 48 hours they come back
46:50From down a point at halftime to win
46:53131-108 the first team since
46:56LeBron James Cavaliers in 2017 to
46:59Start 7-0 the year after winning an
47:01NBA championship
47:05And the Lakers were outscored by 25
47:08Points this half that's the second
47:10Worst in a home playoff game for the
47:16Lakers since they moved to L.A.
47:22Wow.
47:22Just think about wow in a dubious
47:26This way the historic second half
47:27That the Lakers played tonight but
47:30The Thunder again tremendous
47:33Balance seven players in double
47:34Figures led by Mitchell's twenty
47:36Four points Gilgis Alexander with
47:38Twenty three the Thunder will go
47:40For the sweep on Monday and let's
47:42Stand set it now to George thanks
47:45Guys I'm here with Shea and A.J.
47:47Shea your leading scorer in
47:49Today's contest this young man A.J.
47:51Mitchell what can you tell us
47:52About his ascension yeah he's a
47:54Gamer works super hard never shaken
47:58By the moment like he's just ready
48:00For his opportunity and he takes
48:01Full advantage of it it might be a
48:04Shock to the world but it's no
48:05Shock to us we knew A.J.
48:05Mitchell was the day he stepped
48:06Foot in our building and he's
48:08Just showing it to the world A.J.
48:09What's allowed you to have so
48:11Much success with this group this
48:12Season man I mean the trust that
48:14I got from my teammates and the
48:15Coaching staff has been amazing
48:17From day one so that's the key
48:20Shea you're up 3-0 what do you
48:22Need to do to close this thing
48:23Out here you get greedy and try
48:25To close it out here on the road
48:27Absolutely we would never want to
48:28Waste the opportunity to win a
48:30Basketball game we got to do the
48:32Same thing we did in the first
48:33Three games be the aggressor play
48:35The right way together but the
48:37Shots are going in or out just
48:38Staying true to our identity our
48:40Personalities out there on the
48:41Floor but yeah we should be fine
48:44Shea A.J.
48:44Congratulations thank you
48:45Appreciate it brother thank you
48:46Dave D.B.
48:47George they combined for 47 points
48:50And 19 assists and you saw no
48:52Turnovers for A.J.
48:55Mitchell getting the start for the
48:56Injured Jalen Williams the Thunder
49:00Take a 3-0 series lead with a 1-31
49:031-08 win over the L.A. Lakers game
49:06For Monday night back here at
49:08Crypto.com Arena
49:11Coming up after the break it's
49:12Inside the NBA for Doris Burke
49:14George Sodano I'm Dave Pasch
49:16Thanks for watching ABC home of the
49:19NBA Finals so long from L.A.
49:23Yeah
49:24Yeah
49:26Yeah
49:26Hey
49:28Hey
49:29Hey
49:29Hey
49:29Hey
Comments