Did LeBron play his last game for the Lakers?
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Thunder sweeping the Lakers and the possibility that LeBron James will leave Los Angeles this summer. Then, Hunter Patterson joins the show to discuss the Pistons third quarter collapse, Jalen Duren’s awful playoffs, and how the Cavs have matched Detroit’s toughness.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Hunter Patterson
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for May 12, 2026. |
| 0:04.3 | I'm Dave DeFore here with Zena Keda coming up. |
| 0:07.0 | LeBron James may have played his last game as a Laker and the Pistons got beat by the Cavs. |
| 0:12.4 | We're going to talk to Hunter Patterson about that. |
| 0:19.3 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:20.8 | What is up, Zena? How's it going? It's going well, everybody. What is up, Zena? |
| 0:22.0 | How's it going? |
| 0:23.6 | It's going well, Dave. |
| 0:25.0 | But I don't know. |
| 0:25.9 | I feel kind of sad about the way last night ended. |
| 0:29.0 | Got some really great hoops at the very end of that Lakers OKC game. |
| 0:32.7 | And then it just kind of, it just ended. |
| 0:34.8 | It was it. |
| 0:35.5 | It was sad. |
| 0:36.3 | Yeah, LeBron's very fun, old man playoff run |
| 0:41.0 | is over. The Thunder, the Thunder complete the sweep, 115, 110. They win game four in L.A. |
| 0:48.9 | And look, that was probably the best Lakers performance of the series. |
| 0:54.5 | They had a chance down at the end of the game. |
| 0:57.6 | It was 113, 110, and they called a timeout. |
| 1:01.6 | And controversially, Rui Hachamora, who basically does not miss threes in the playoffs |
| 1:08.0 | and was just hot last night, was on the bench and maxie clabell |
| 1:11.9 | was out there um you know austin reeves got a great look at it and you know hey he missed it |
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