Hour 2: Is Luka a Lock for All-NBA 1st Team?
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Every March are brackets the only thing you can think about? |
| 0:03.2 | Do you have symptoms such as constant bracket obsession or moderate to severe bracket-related distractions? |
| 0:09.3 | You may be living with bracket brain. |
| 0:11.4 | Thankfully, there's ESPN Tournament Challenge, the number one proven way to treat bracket brain right at the source. |
| 0:18.0 | So this March, download the ESPN Tournament Challenge app, fill out your women's bracket, |
| 0:22.6 | and get you and your brain in the game. |
| 0:25.2 | ESPN Tournament Challenge play the number one bracket game, presented by Capital One. |
| 0:30.4 | Check out our ESPN NBA Wednesday doubleheader, Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, and the Celtics, |
| 0:36.4 | hosting the Warriors 7 Eastern 4 Pacific, then Luca and the Lakers take on KD and the Rockets. The NBA countdown crew tips off coverage at 630. |
| 0:47.3 | Up and hand behind the defense. |
| 0:49.3 | It's James. |
| 0:50.3 | Throw it down, LeBron! |
| 0:51.3 | Throw it down! |
| 0:52.3 | LeBron! Had another poster to his all-time collection. |
| 1:01.0 | The ageless wonder, LeBron James, adding to his highlight reel, so did Luca, who dropped 36 points to lead the Lakers to a 192 win over the Rockets last night, while LeBron James added 18. |
| 1:13.6 | Victory extended LA's winning streak to six games and moved them one and a half games ahead of Houston for third place in the West. |
| 1:20.6 | L.A. held the Rockets to 35 second half points and forced 15 turnovers. Kevin Durant finished with 18 points, scoring only two points in the second half. |
| 1:30.3 | And Donchich has been on fire during the month of March. In nine games, Luca has averaged 34.7 points per game in his last six. |
| 1:39.3 | Donchich has averaged 37.8 points per game the most by a Lakers player in a six-game span within a season |
| 1:45.4 | since Kobe did it 2011 to 2012. Shams-Troni, our ESPN NBA insider, kind enough to join us now |
| 1:52.6 | for a conversation on Luca Donchitz, Stephen A, because I want to know what we've seen, |
| 1:58.3 | you saw the stats there from Luca in the month of March, what he's been doing lately. |
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