LeBron & Lakers “embarrassed” | Pacers struggles continue
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach J.J. Redick said he was “embarrassed” following a 41 point loss to the Miami Heat. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni are joined by the Athletic’s Jovan Buha to discuss the aftermath of the loss, the recent play of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and where the Lakers go from here. Then, Caitlin Cooper, from “Basketball, She Wrote”, joins the show to talk about the Pacers recent struggles and what is bothering Tyrese Haliburton. Finally, Es and Dave check in on presumptive number one overall draft pick Cooper Flagg and share some funny quotes from the night in basketball.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni, Jovan Buha, Caitlin Cooper
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:43.3 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 5th, 2024. |
| 0:48.0 | Coming up, we got Yovan Buha on to tell us why the Lakers stink right now. |
| 0:51.0 | We got Caitlin Cooper to tell us why the Pacers stink right now. |
| 0:55.1 | And then, S, I think we're going to look around the rest of this stuff from the night. And does everything else think, too? Yeah, I guess. |
| 1:07.3 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning. As good morning, Yovon. |
| 1:10.9 | Not very often that we start to show off with a guest, but this is about as close as we're going to get to an emergency podcast without a trade or a coach getting fired. |
| 1:20.4 | And it's because the Lakers just stink right now. |
| 1:23.0 | They lost yet another game. |
| 1:24.7 | They're two and six in their last eight. |
| 1:28.3 | Lost is a pretty way to put it. |
| 1:30.2 | They got Molly Wapped. |
| 1:32.1 | Is that the word? |
| 1:33.0 | Is that enough of a word, Yovan to describe the beating that they took? |
| 1:37.6 | Drubbing beat. |
| 1:38.6 | I mean, embarrassing was the buzzword of the night. |
| 1:43.1 | So the Lakers are, they are completely spiraling right now. |
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