LeBron first to 50k points | Kyrie out for the season
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 points combined in the regular season and playoffs while scoring 34 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a win over the Pelicans. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita discuss LeBron’s Western Conference Player of the Month award, his All-NBA team chances, and the Phoenix Suns crazy comeback over the Clippers. Then, the Athletic’s Christian Clark joins the show to discuss Kyrie Irving’s ACL tear, whether Anthony Davis will return, and where the Dallas Mavericks go from here.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita & Christian Clark
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
Read Christian’s story here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6174993/2025/03/04/mavericks-kyrie-irving-luka-doncic-anthony-davis-nico-harrison/
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
| 0:06.8 | wearing or taking off. The night will be wild and untamed. Expect heavy, lashing rain |
| 0:13.0 | that'll soak you to the skin. By Monday, temperatures will rise slowly but surely reaching |
| 0:18.7 | their peak in the afternoon. |
| 0:23.0 | Not in the mood for miserable weather? |
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| 0:28.7 | Sun Express, nonstop sunshine. |
| 0:39.6 | Good morning. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:44.3 | Coming up, bad news for the Mavs and Kyrie Irving. |
| 0:47.3 | So we got Christian Clark on at the end of the show to talk about it. |
| 0:48.9 | The Lakers get another win. |
| 0:51.3 | And LeBron is the Western Conference Player of the Month, |
| 0:52.7 | so we're going to dig into that a little bit. |
| 0:56.3 | And then the Sons were pathetic until they weren't. |
| 1:03.7 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 1:05.5 | Good morning, Zena. |
| 1:06.8 | Morning, Dave. |
| 1:08.0 | Another show. |
| 1:10.4 | We had a couple good games last night. |
| 1:16.2 | But unfortunately, got a little bit of news and update on Kyrie Irving. |
| 1:21.3 | It's going to miss the rest of the season and likely a large portion of the next year. |
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