On today's show, we officially have some new Southern and New Yorker blood in the postseason.

The Lakers officially celebrate their 2020 championship, and I can feel it.

The playoffs are almost here.

Hardin is back.

The Blazers are scorching.

Blake Griffin wears some unique shoes, but I'm Mick loving them. Hey, I'm Tasmellis, and this is what you need to know in the NBA

for Thursday, May 13th.

Good morning, everybody. We only have four more nights in the regular season remaining.

Ooh, we can feel the playoffs, can't we? And the Los Angeles Lakers finally got to unveil their

17th championship banner because they were waiting for the day. Fans were allowed in Staples

Center.

LeBron told fans our back-to-back journey starts in a week right when the play in tourney

will be going on.

And that was just a term from the king's mouth, yeah, a week from now.

But it's fitting because that's when the champs could very well have to start their run,

despite Kyle Kuzma pulling out a victory over the Rockets with a Euro stepping game winner, and despite getting the win without LeBron, who is sitting his sixth straight game to get his ankle right.

And Anthony Davis also out after he felt a little groin tightness in the Lakers last game.

They're going to need losses from either Dallas or Portland.

And it didn't happen last night because Portland is playing its best ball at the right time.

Portland went into the one-seated Utah Jazz's house and just pick and rolled or pick and popped the Jazz's great defense to no end.

Damian Lillard, finding Mello for three.

C.J. McCollum going back and forth with Yusuf Nurkich.

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