On this episode of the heat check, the NBA cup opening rounds are over, and I will give you a cup date.

That's my own little, I made that up, cup date on who made the quarters. You can tell I'm pleased with myself. We'll also break down what's happening in Los Angeles with the Lakers. It's sad. It is really just a too bad scenario what's going on with our Lake show. It's Friday, so it's injury update time, and we even get a little news from around the league.

Lots to get into.

Anthony, my man, drop that motherfucking beat.

The should be Rihanna.

All right, the league is humming along.

Homing along nicely.

Can you believe it's already been, we're already a quarter away through the season?

That's insane.

This shit goes so fast.

Anyway, we are humming along nicely in early December.

The League Cup is through the early stages.

Teams are starting to find their groove.

Players are showing us who they're going to be this year.

By the way, Donovan Mitchell, out of his mind right now. The Suns fall to 1 and 7 without KD.

Tibbs is playing his starters 40 plus minutes in a 24-point blowout of the Hornets.

And the calves, they just keep winning, and they keep doing it with their awful powder blue jerseys on,

let's say, Land City.

Well, he's like, what is this?

Like a Taylor Sheridan show?

I don't know what's going on.

Even the Warriors, our dubs, keep beating the rockets, which they've now done, by the way, 15 times in a row.

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