Why the Lakers are a nightmare for the Thunder + MVPs in purgatory
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🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Luka Doncic scored 30 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 27-point blowout win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Dave DuFour and RealGM’s John Wilmes breakdown the Lakers win, discuss JJ Redick’s coaching, and the OKC’s nightmare scenario. Then, Dave and John discuss the MVP level performances from Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo and what it means if they fail in the playoffs.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: John Wilmes
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | He's having a blinder. He's clipped the post. He's looking formidable. Then... |
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| 0:41.3 | Coming up, John Wilmiss from Real GM is here. |
| 0:43.6 | We're going to talk about the Lakers dominating the thunder and a couple of MVPs in purgatory as we head to the playoffs. |
| 0:54.9 | Good morning, everybody. Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:56.3 | Good morning, John. |
| 0:58.3 | John Wilmiss, my good buddy, who writes over at RealGM, filling in for Zena and S, |
| 1:03.8 | who are both off. |
| 1:05.4 | I mean, Zena is not even off, to be honest with you. |
| 1:07.5 | I mean, she's working like women's national championship game, which she's probably recording like right now. |
| 1:13.1 | John, thanks for joining me. |
| 1:15.0 | We just got done watching |
| 1:16.8 | the Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1:18.9 | handily beat |
| 1:20.9 | the Oklahoma City Thunder thanks to |
| 1:22.7 | an amazing shooting performance. I mean, |
| 1:24.5 | I'm pretty sure they just hit another three-pointer |
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