Can LeBron James and Austin Reaves Lift the Lakers in Game 6? How Good is Good Enough?

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🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Generally speaking, in the NBA Playoffs if your stars aren't stars, you're not going to win. Now, sometimes they're stars and you lose anyway. But rarely do they falter and the team still advances. So that's the position the Lakers are in LeBron James was pretty good (but not spectacular) and had a couple key turnovers. Austin Reaves did some good stuff, leading the team in assists and making 12 of 13 free throws. But he also missed 12 of his 16 field goal attempts. That's not good enough. So can the Lakers stars elevate against an excellent Houston defense? How good exactly do they need to be? Meanwhile, what can the Lakers do to get someone like Luke Kennard going? Because the Lakers need to take and make some more shots from distance. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Can LeBron go LeBron for Game 6? SEGMENT 2: Can Austin Reaves be a star on Friday? SEGMENT 3: Amen Thompson is making life hard for Luke Kennard. Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGYGet candy-flavored chaos with Fruity Rainbow 5-hour ENERGY®️ Shots - available online at https://5hourENERGY.com or Amazon KALSHIFor a limited time, download the Kalshi app and use code LOCKEDON to get ten dollars when you trade ten. Kalshi. Trade on anything. DoorDashFrom tipoff to overtime, stay in your bag and order on DoorDash.Get snacks, drinks, gear — whatever gets you through the season — delivered right to your door.DoorDash. In your bag all season long. IndeedListeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel.Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get two-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins.Visit https://FANDUEL.COMto get started — Play Your Game. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	Game six, Friday in Houston, are L.A. stars ready to step up.
0:05.5	Do they even get a vote? That's next.
0:13.7	You are Locked-on Lakers.
0:16.2	Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:25.6	Thanks for stopping by Locked on Lakers, Brian Kemenetsky, Andy Kemeniski.
0:29.7	It's game six in Houston.
0:32.6	The Lakers watching this series seemingly get away from them.
0:36.5	They have been the lesser of the two teams over the last, I don't know,
0:42.4	nine of the last 10 quarters and then subtract overtime from that.
0:48.1	Houston has definitely found a formula that's working for them.
0:51.3	Lakers got to figure out a way to win one of the next two.
0:54.6	And it starts Andy with their stars.
0:57.5	LeBron James and Austin Reeves.
1:01.8	One at the very least, probably both need to step up and have big games, whether it's in game six, preferably, or game seven.
1:13.3	But if the Lakers are going to advance, those guys are going to have to be big.
1:18.3	It's interesting. Michael Wilbon was on one of the ESPN shows, and he had an interesting
1:23.2	statement that it's very, you know, I don't know if it was get up or first take, but very, you know, big bold brash type programming, but that he expected the Lakers to get their doors blown off in game six, but that they will win game seven essentially because he cannot imagine a world in which LeBron allows his team to lose a series after being up 3-0.
1:52.6	To which I'm thinking, A, it doesn't make sense to me because if Houston manages to blow out the Lakers and that would mean they've won by double digits twice in the last three games,
2:06.0	clearly at this point they're playing better than the Lakers and have figured out a hell of a lot more things than the Lakers.
2:13.1	Doesn't mean the Lakers can't win game seven, but still one team is clearly trending in the
2:20.3	direct.
2:21.3	I find it hard to believe that like Michael Wilbon lacks the imagination to figure out how the Lakers,
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