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It's our number one, hour number one of our radio program. And how worried should the Lakers and LeBron be after taking it on the chin in game one against the Phoenix Suns, despite Chris Paul getting hurt?

We pull out the Mather scale of worry for the Lakers as they lose game one of the NBA playoff opening round series against Phoenix.

We get to that and much more.

Here it is our number one.

Watch out for that sunshine.

Welcome in the beginning of another edition. And a new week of the Ben Mather show, we are in the beginning of another edition.

And a new week of the Ben Mather show, we are in the air everywhere as we get a worded edgewise, coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the flight deck as we soar all night long here on the red eye.

The Fox Sports Radio Studios, good to have you hanging out with us.

There's a lot of playoff basketball.

I don't know if you're into any of this.

It is our lead this hour, a pro bouncy ball.

We have plenty of time.

Four hours of a blank canvas to paint a mosaic here of what we saw over the weekend.

But the big story is the defending Mickey Mouse champions who took it, well, in the shorts there, in the Valley of

the Sun, and that is our lead.

If you didn't watch it, maybe you missed it.

Devin Booker, book it.

34.7 rebounds, eight assists, the partridge and a pear tree.

DeAndre Aiton, rising on up.

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