It's the Lockdown Podcast podcast. I'm Anthony Erwin. I'm joined by Pete Zayas.

Pete James Harden got doubled up by Lugent's Dort in a game seven. And and yes he got that blocking all that stuff but I don't I usually

start with some kind of a joke or anything like that this is me being the most serious I can possibly be.

I don't ever want to hear another comparison

to Kobe Bryant.

Ever.

That's it. It's over. I have to tread lightly here, but we were robbed of a legendary

Twitter night. We were. Okay. K. C. won that game. And if you're a primary or

secondary scoring option on a team, this is as diplomatic as I can be. If you're one of the guys who's a shot

creator on your team, you shouldn't be passing the ball unless you've earned advantage or tried to earn advantage.

Because the whole team working is dependent upon

whether or not you can draw a second defender, right?

Like, there's, it's all spot-up shooters, right?'s it's harden rust and spot up shooters so

if it puts the rest of the team in a real bind when he's just passing the ball, like without creating advantage, right?

Right. Swinging the ball to Danwell House at the top of the key without like attempting a

drive and kick or anything like that is,

it really harms just kind of how the whole thing is built.

It was really, it was frustrating and hilarious watching the end of that game because like James Harden historically not great in game seven situations.

Chris Paul especially bad in late possession playoff situations.

Russell Westbrook, like historically not somebody who people point to as like winning basketball player all the time.

And of course that's how the game ends.

And then on top of everything else, like you and I, we just talked.

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