THE HERD - Hour 1 - The Lakers are struggling, George Pickens isn't happy, Rachel Nichols
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
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🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd breaks down the Lakers loss to the Rockets failing to close out their playoff series vs Houston after taking a commanding 3-0 lead.
He talks about Cowboys WR George Pickens finally signing his franchise tag and while he’s talented, Colin wonders how much it will translating to winning for Dallas.
NBA analyst Rachel Nichols joins the show to tell Colin why the Knicks have had their hands full with the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs.
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| 0:30.9 | Oh, the tide is turned. |
| 0:35.3 | Lakers no longer in control, wobbling to Houston, trying to survive. |
| 0:43.2 | It's the herd. |
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| 0:55.2 | Well, they took a 3-0 series lead. |
| 0:58.2 | Lakers coaching was excellent. |
| 1:02.0 | J.J. Reddick devised a plan. |
| 1:05.0 | LeBron's the point guard. |
| 1:07.4 | But it is the NBA and it's the playoffs. |
| 1:09.7 | Eventually, no matter how great this scheme how |
| 1:12.6 | intentional and efficient your offense how ageless lebron is you got to hit some three-point |
| 1:19.1 | shots lakers shot 26 percent from beyond the arc lebrons missed his last nine three-pointers in the |
| 1:26.8 | series and luke canard has dried up. |
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