It's the Lockdown Podcast podcast. I'm I'm joined by Pete Zayas and I just

forgot the intro to a show I've been doing for basically 365 days. Yeah you

were you're now you were one for three on that man you were putting up Rondo numbers there

That was wild that was crazy. I'm gonna try to regain myself. Yeah, I'm gonna try to regain myself over the course of this podcast because we have a really fun game to talk about.

The Lakers beat the New Orleans pelicans.

They win by 9, 118 to 109 if I remember correctly, Zion Williamson makes his

staple center debut. Is it, is this a hot take? Is Zion Williamson's staple center debut bigger than his Madison Square Garden debut?

Yeah, I think so considering the Lakers have LeBron James and Anthony Davis and LeBron.

LeBron is definitely getting up for like the next generation of superstar guys.

He whips Luke his ass like almost every time they play and Zion gave them a 40 piece tonight. He was so good tonight.

Yeah, so I definitely think you know national TV game, Lakers are good.

Pelicans are probably gonna get that eighth seat. I think they're pretty good.

So yeah, this is a bigger game and it was a really fun one. Yeah, it's definitely a bigger game because the Knicks haven't played an actual like meaningful NBA game in 50 years. Yeah. I was thinking more like just in terms of like the building that you want to make your debut and I kind of feel like I would give the edge to Staples Center. It has actual history.

Madison. has actual history. Madison, Madison,

Madison Square Garden has plenty of basketball history.

Yeah, it was great in the 50s.

So this is great in the 50s.

It was popping in the 70s.

That's right.

Guys named Artie and Hal dribbling with their heads down, yeah.

Back when Clyde Drexler's clothing was still in fashion.

Like that's that's the last time that they mattered. I can't help it. I'm going to give. Yeah, what is it in the Knicks man is just like totally random like I don't know even know how we got here

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