Hour 2: Lord of The Rings

First Take

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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On the second hour of First Take, Brian Windhorst joins the show to debate which is more impressive: Steph or LeBron making a deep playoff run? The guys react to JuJu Watkins spectacular performance against UCLA. The crew reacts to Travis Hunter's comments on being compared to Shohei Ohtani. Dan Orlovksy joins the show to debate if the Rams are the 2nd-best team in the NFC with Stafford. Lastly, the crew discusses if Devin Booker should want out of Phoenix and where Kevin Durant should go next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the final ESPN Big Monday basketball doubleheader of the season. A very important one at 70th Street's Cooper Flagg and number two do. Coates Wake Forest at Cameron Indoor. Then fourth ranked Houston.
0:12.3	Host Hunter Dickinson in Kansas should be a fun.
0:15.9	Next to the pros. The Golden State Warriors five-game win streak was snapped on Saturday in a road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
0:22.8	Curry dropped 29 points, 13 assists in a losing effort shooting 10 of 18 from the field, 5 or 12 from Beyond the Arc, including throwing down his first dunk in six years.
0:32.1	The Lakers swept the season series against the Clippers on Sunday with a 108 102 win.
0:37.2	Their six straight win overall.
0:39.0	Luca Donchich ended the game with 29.6 rebounds, nine assists, and two steals.
0:44.2	LeBron James scored 17 points while grabbing five rebounds, dishing nine dimes.
0:50.8	We got another one joining us.
0:52.5	Brian Winhorse, Wendy, top of the morning to you, sir. Thank you for joining us. I will get to you in just a second. Stephen A. Is it more impressive if Steph or LeBron make a deep playoff run? To me, it would be Steph. It would be Steph because look at their team right now. No matter how much they've improved, they're not considered to be better than the
1:11.5	Lakers. Steph is not the combination of LeBron and Luca. You live the Lakers playing as a top
1:17.8	defensive team over the last six and a half weeks. You see the size. Yes, they don't have a big
1:22.9	man per set. You know, Jackson Hayes is your sense, and we get that part. But Doreen
1:28.3	Phine Smith is a legit six-seven. Jared Vanderbilt is a legit six-eight. LeBron is a legit six-eight,
1:34.2	six-nine. Luke is a legit six-seven, stuff like that. So you see size around them,
1:39.6	athletes, quickness, et cetera, et cetera. The Los Angeles Lakers, we're looking at them, and there is an expectation that they have a chance to come out of the West.
1:50.3	Even with Jimmy Butler, you're still looking at Golden State, and you're saying that's an uphill climb.
1:56.5	The babyface assassin is the greatest shoot of God ever created.
1:59.7	Jimmy Butler, we know what he could do come playoff time.
2:02.0	We get that part.
2:03.2	But the collection of parts surrounding Steph Curry is not the same as what's surrounding LeBron James right now.
2:10.3	And so I think that if Steph ended up making a deep playoff run, it would be even more impressive than if LeBron made a deep playoff.
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