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Decide on the poll question today, Sidney O'Connor, or at least some of the options we have. Well, I was going to throw out there, if you're the Lakers, how do you feel about last night's game? You saved face by coming back, or you let one slip away. Okay. That game was very winnable at the end. Yeah, I was wondering, you know, the approach the Lakers have to game, too,

it's like, hey, you know what, we figured something out.

Or if you're the Nuggets and you go, man, we had that performance by our two best players

and we held on for dear life.

Yes, he'd.

Because you could look at it, too, the other way is like, you know, both teams swung their best

punches and the nuggets came out on top.

Yeah, because am I going to get that performance out of

Anthony Davis game too?

Right.

LeBron with a triple double or flirting with it, I expect that.

Austin Reeves gave you a good night.

Hachamura played some really good defense there late in the game or, you know, final quarter.

It feels like the Lakers figured out something there.

So how are you phrasing that?

I said, saved face or let one slip away.

If you're the Lakers, how do you feel about last night's game? Okay. All right. 8773D-P show. Email address, dp.adat Danpatrick.com. Twitter handle at D.P. Show. Scott Hastings, former NBA player, Nuggets, TV color analyst. He was on site for game one with the Lakers and the Nuggets. Before I get to that, do you still hold an NBA record?

Dan, you know I do, and I know you're a bit proud of me,

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