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First Take

Hour 2: Late Game Lakers

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.25.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On the second hour of First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins, and Brian Windhorst react to Lebron's buzzer-beater against the Pacers. Jessica Mendoza comes on the show to discuss MLB opening day and give her takes on the season outlook for the Dodgers and Mets. Finally, Seth Greenberg joins the show to discuss all things Sweet 16 as the Men's NCAA Tournament is back in action tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Our next, he has been hockey night, is tonight.

0:04.6

The Aves host the Kings at 10 Eastern 7 Pacific.

0:08.7

I got a little quick take for you all.

0:10.1

Let's get it.

0:11.0

LeBron tipped in a Luca Donch.

0:12.9

It's miss at the buzzer to steal victory for the Lakers 12119 over the Pacers.

0:17.7

Wendy, are the Lakers the biggest threat to the thunder?

0:23.3

No, Molly, I think I will give the Nuggets credit that when the Nuggets play their best

0:28.5

basketball, they could probably beat anybody in a four out of seven.

0:32.3

But the Thunder have to be respected.

0:34.5

I just want to point out that over the last two seasons, the thunder are

0:38.4

117 and 27. In the first round of the playoffs last year, they swept the pelicans, and they had a bad

0:45.9

couple of days in the second round and fell under Luca Donchich. So I agree you can't fully trust them,

0:51.6

but you have to respect them. And I absolutely do. They absolutely

0:55.7

have earned their favorite status, and they will get a chance to prove it in the postseason,

1:00.4

but you have to take them as the serious favorites and have everybody else as really significant

1:05.6

underdogs at this point. Yeah, only a couple weeks away from that playing tournament. Can't

1:09.5

wait for that. You want to jump in here, I say?

1:11.5

One of the things that I've religiously stated, and I will continue to say, is that Sam Presti is one of the elite executives in the game of basketball.

1:19.0

He has to be respected, and I understand that. But to be at the helm all of these years, with the multitude of talented players he has assembled spanning more than 17

1:29.4

years and to not close one time on an NBA championship is unacceptable. We would be talking about

1:37.5

anybody else. If they didn't do that, we have to talk about San Presti. You got to get it done,

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