Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd breaks down the Lakers loss to the Rockets failing to close out their playoff series vs Houston after taking a commanding 3-0 lead. Colin explains why the Lakers are struggling to finish despite having LeBron James and the return of Austin Reaves.
He talks about Cowboys WR George Pickens finally signing his franchise tag and while he’s talented, Colin wonders how much it will translating to winning for Dallas.
Plus, NBA analyst Rachel Nichols joins the show to tell Colin why the Knicks have had their hands full with the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Thanks for listening to The Best of the Heard podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio in noon to 3 Eastern, 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. |
| 0:13.8 | Find your local station for the herd at Fox Sports Radio.com or stream us live every day on the IHeart Radio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. |
| 0:23.7 | This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:32.3 | Oh, the tide is turned. |
| 0:36.7 | Lakers no longer in control, wobbling to Houston, trying to survive. |
| 0:44.7 | It's the herd. |
| 0:46.5 | Wherever you may be, and however, you may be watching or listening, thanks on a Thursday |
| 0:54.0 | for making that part of your day. Well, they took a |
| 0:57.5 | 3-0 series lead. Lakers coaching was excellent. J.J. Reddick devised a plan. LeBron's the |
| 1:07.2 | point guard. But it is the NBA and it's the playoffs. |
| 1:11.0 | Eventually, no matter how great this scheme, how intentional and efficient your offense, |
| 1:17.0 | how ageless LeBron is, you got to hit some three-point shots. |
| 1:21.6 | Lakers shot 26% from beyond the arc. |
| 1:25.0 | LeBron's missed his last nine three-pointers in the series, and |
| 1:29.0 | Luke Kinnard has dried up. Reddick and LeBron are smart. I loved the game plan, the wisdom, |
| 1:36.4 | the experience, but sometimes in the playoffs, you just need a dude to rise above the schemes. |
| 1:42.6 | I mean, Cade Cunningham last night, 45 points, Pistons win. |
| 1:47.4 | Lakers, you can see it now. They miss Luca. They need easy baskets. They're not getting easy |
| 1:53.9 | baskets. Lucas sometimes can drive you crazy on the defensive end, spends too much time barking |
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