Alright, this was a really big weekend.

Big enough actually that we're gonna depart a little bit from the usual 1564, which is the last of the year, by the way, I think.

Yeah, because we're gonna do a word to next weekend, I think we probably will.

So not gonna get to all the teams, but a bunch of games we gotta talk about from the weekend and do a little western conference first.

And in fact, that's where I'd like to start, just to bring us up to date on everything that happened over the weekend.

Because there are, in some ways, I think this weekend is gonna determine a ton, because there are a lot of the teams that are in contention with one another.

For various slots, playing one another, some unexpected wins and losses, as well along the way.

I think where we need to begin though, is today's game, Lakers and Pels.

I mean, we've been following this story now for a while, not only because of the play and aspect, but also the deliciousness of that Lakers pick.

That is looking a lot more delicious, delicious, some jumbalaya and Benyez.

Sorry, maybe it's not gonna taste so much like barbecue ribs anymore.

But this is a huge game for seating purposes as the Pels roar back from down 23 in the first half to win it.

Final score was 116, 108.

There was crunch time, but Lakers just couldn't score at the end and the Pels beat him up.

Despite an awesome game from LeBron, LeBron played 42 minutes, he also sprained his ankle, coming down on Jackson Hayes' foot, and said that it's in really bad shape.

A surprise you could finish the game.

Lakers were crazy shooting the ball from 3-9-10 on open 3s in the first half, and then they missed a bunch of wide open ones lead.

I think they only made one open 3 in the second half.

Still shot 40% for the game, so they shot well enough to win overall.

But couldn't stop the Pels down the end, Brandon Ingram made his return against his old team, 26 points in 26 minutes and 5 assists.

But what does this do now for that 9-10-11?

Mm-hmm.

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