NBA May 7 | What You Need To Know

No Dunks

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🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A play-in tournament appearance isn't all bad for the Los Angeles Lakers, a 4-game losing streak isn't all bad for the Brooklyn Nets, but the Toronto Raptors have hit the bottom. The Lakers prepare for their biggest game of the season against the Portland Trail Blazers with a banged up Anthony Davis but without LeBron James and other key players, the Nets are taking their losing streak as a positive, the Raptors aren't mathematically done but they must be emotionally spent, Russell Westbrook is one triple-double away from Oscar Robertson's record, Stephen Curry tightens his grip on the scoring title, and Zach LaVine returns for the Chicago Bulls. Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/NoDunksInc Subscribe to The Athletic: http://www.theathletic.com/nodunks

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0:00.0	On today's show, the champs are in danger of losing their playoff spot, the Nets are having
0:10.3	their worst stretch of the season, and the former champs, the Raptors, are having their
0:15.2	worst stretch of their season, which is really just their entire season.
0:19.9	Hey, I'm Tasmellas, and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Friday, May 7.
0:31.1	What's up, everybody?
0:32.8	Happy Friday.
0:34.1	If I were to say the following statement before the 2020, 2021 NBA season, you would
0:40.1	probably think I'm a madman, but it's true. Your defending champion Los Angeles Lakers are very
0:45.9	much in danger of headed to the play-in tournament where they would have to win one of two games to
0:51.1	advance to the opening round as visitors versus Phoenix or Utah.
0:57.1	Six games left.
0:58.0	The Lakers currently don't have their starting Super Dooper Doobo Dober Star in LeBron James.
1:02.3	Their starting point guard in Dennis Schrooter and a solid bench piece in Talen Horton Tucker.
1:08.3	And their biggest game left is tonight in Portland, who they're tied with for sixth.
1:14.2	It looked like they wouldn't have Anthony Davis for it either.
1:17.3	He left the Lakers lost Thursday versus the Clippers when he said his back, quote,
1:21.7	locked up pretty bad in the first half.
1:24.4	AD has had back issues a few times in his career as recently as last year's bubble,
1:28.9	but he's ready to go Friday to try and stay in their spot so they can avoid the play in.
1:35.1	Anthony Davis said postgame, the tournament wouldn't be bad for the group at all. He looked at it as
1:40.8	an opportunity. They need more reps together playing well.
1:48.9	Well, that was really what his point was, but ideally, he would like to avoid this scenario.
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