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rockets game isn't even over yet zacklow the rockets laid one on the uh depleted lakers

today and i'm going to start here no mba team has ever come back from three oh it's true it's. And even you're right that the game is still going on. I don't even think the 2026 Rockets can blow this one. I think we're safe. I think we're safe going live right now, a 25-point lead with three minutes left. I don't think any catastrophe can befall them at this point. But you remember the last time a team got close to coming back from a Thruo deficit? You probably remember it very, very well. And it didn't happen. Derek Puthbert. Yeah, it almost happened. And then Jason Tatea, brain his ankle, and then that was it. I went to Game 7 and Tatum sprained his ankle right in front of us. Oh, that's the meme. That's Sad Bill. That's that game.

I think that was Sad Bill.

Oh, what a.

Yeah, that started Sad Bill.

All right. The Kevin Malar theory, don't let us get one.

Don't let us get two from the 2004 ALCS.

I'm familiar.

So the Rockets, they've got one. Now they're coming in L.A. I think it's, they spread it out. So I think it's a Wednesday night game. So I assume we'll have Reeves. Next Wednesday? Two Wednesdays from now? No, this Wednesday, three days. I assume we'll have Reeves. No Luca. I've heard Luca's not even,

that are not even close yet. Did you do? I could show you anything in this game today

that made you think, A, they're starting to incorporate strategy into the series

and maybe some things that might work against an old weird Lakers team.

Because I felt like they had a couple things going today.

I mean, thing number one was they actually made Luke Kinnard play defense and didn't

let him just hang out.

I know.

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