Live from Southern California. This is the Jim Rome Show.

Well, Car Flag Nation, you can't say that I didn't warn you and you can't say that I didn't warn the ham

The ham said it the ham said he wanted all that smoke. Well the ham wanted his smoke the ham wanted his smoke. The ham got his smoke and it was all pretty

predictable, right? But I can give the Lake Show this much. At least they made it

somewhat interesting, somewhat competitive. I mean, I guess.

LeCap can talk all he wants about not being in it for participation trophies, except that's what they were in it for good

job good effort good job good effort you see car flaggers you see I'm not just a hater and never mind that you are in it for participation

trophies or you would not have hung that banner for winning the Eden season

tournament. That's the ultimate participation trophy

because it doesn't mean Jack, yet there was,

hanging from the rafters.

So don't tell me that.

Anyway, car flaggers, I'm not a hater. I'm an LA native. How can I be a

hater? Just because I don't have car flags affixed to my luxury sled does not mean that I can't be objective.

Does not mean that I can't be fair?

The Lake Show did everything it could last night to avoid the inevitable. It's just that the inevitable was well inevitable.

inevitable. That's the funniest thing about the inevitable. It's inevitable.

Did I not say the Lakers would lose in five?

That was inevitable.

Anyway, yes, they did lead for a bunch of the series.

Yes, they did blow some double-digit leads.

Yes, they did play Denver pretty tough

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