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You're listening to The Best of the Odd Couple with Chris Broussard and Rob Parker.

Last night's Lakers game tremendous game um it was especially good because it was close uh it was a

defensive battle the lakers go up three to one with the one one 17 to 111 win in overtime.

And it was, I called it today on first things first.

I said it was the strangest, most bizarre masterpiece I've seen from LeBron James because he was,

there were long, long, long stretches where he just wasn't very active.

He obviously was on the boards throughout the game.

He had 20, 22 points and 20 rebounds, and then 7 assists.

But he went long stretches.

He didn't score his first bucket until there were 34 seconds left in the first quarter.

He didn't score his first point in the fourth quarter until he hit the game tying layup.

And I thought he was gassed.

I thought he was gas because he was, you know, letting the other guys kind of do their thing and take control.

And he was just kind of uh doing you know the little

things he took a few charges block some shots two shots that's not the little a little thing but he

blocked two shots and um was just kind of you know on the side and then needed it, Rob, he came up big and they're down to and with less than a second left.

He drives right and lays the ball up high off the glass over the outstretch arms of jaron jackson junior the defensive

player the year the best shot blocker in the league lays it over him hits the layup ties the game

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