State of the League | LaMelo out-duels Luka; Lakers lose
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🗓️ 20 February 2025
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State of the League | LaMelo out-duels Luka; Lakers lose
Luka Doncic struggles as the Lakers lose their first game after the All Star to LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni react to the the Lakers’ loss and breakdown the defensive issues that will limit Luka and LeBron. Then, the Athletic’s Sam Amick stops by to discuss the fallout from a poorly received All Star weekend, Draymond Green’s comments, and whether broadcast negativity creates more problems for the NBA.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Sam Amick
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:09.1 | Coming up, we had one game last night. |
| 0:11.2 | Ooh, the Lakers, bad loss for them. |
| 0:13.6 | And Sam Amick stops by to talk to us about All-Star game, the fallout, |
| 0:17.8 | whether the media is too negative around the All-star game i don't know s i don't know |
| 0:22.5 | yes i don't know good morning everybody good morning s uh morning morning we're back from all-star game |
| 0:37.2 | and you know as we say often on the show |
| 0:39.9 | there's a good game every night yes but welp folks that might have been a lie uh last night |
| 0:49.9 | we got the mark williams bowl look we're we're still coming back from vacation, you know? |
| 0:55.0 | Not a big deal. |
| 0:56.0 | We aren't the only ones. |
| 0:57.8 | Charlotte Hornets were in L.A. to face the Lakers in a basketball game. |
| 1:04.1 | The Hornets won. |
| 1:06.1 | The Lakers actually, they started a game off. |
| 1:08.5 | I thought it looked pretty good. |
| 1:09.8 | And you and I, we were thinking, hey, we might have an easy night. The Lakers, they ought to blow out the Hornets, you know, especially because Luka now off that minutes restriction and you think, okay, he's going to maybe show out. He's had a little bit more time to do some rehab. LeBron looks extremely healthy to start the game. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.0 | And then all of a sudden, the Lakers build a lead and the bottom falls out. |
| 1:33.9 | And the Hornets go on, what was it, a 21 to one run? |
| 1:37.4 | Yeah, 21 to one run to finish that third quarter and eventually take the lead. |
| 1:42.4 | It was basically a combination of just crazy shot making from the Hornets. And then the Lakers, like you said, bottoming out. Like the turnovers were bizarre for them. You know, Luca for the entire game had a lot of turnovers. I think he ended up with six overall. And so eight assists, six turnovers for him. It was sloppy overall for the Lakers as they were trying to move the ball. Still feel like a team that's trying to figure out who they are. And you could tell that one in this. It just felt like they were discombobulated throughout. And so Charlotte took advantage. They're like, hey, you're going to let us get into this basketball game? Sure. Why not? We'll take this one. |
| 2:21.6 | I mean, I think a lot of people will look at the score and think it's like 1995. |
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