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NBA Week 3 Debrief: From Buzzer-Beaters to Unexpected Game-Changers
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Get a front-row seat to all the action from NBA Week 3 with this detailed debrief video! Experience again those breathtaking buzzer-beaters and discover players who turned around games in ways no one saw coming. It's time to relive excitement like never before; watch the video right away!
Mon, Nov 6 @Miami L 108-107 (3-4)
Wed, Nov 8 @Houston L 128-94 (3-5)
Fri, Nov 10 @Phoenix W 122-119 (4-5)
Sun, Nov 12 vs Portland W 116-110 (5-5)
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Transcript
Introduction and Segment Overview
00:00:00
Speaker
What's going on Laker fans, I go by the name of DJ Tracy trees and welcome welcome welcome back to Lakers I choose you. I am going to be recapping week three y'all it has been a crazy week in basketball, especially for the Lakers with some injuries we've been waiting for some people to get off the injury list so I'm going to be going through each game.
00:00:23
Speaker
Um,
In-Season Tournament Comparison
00:00:24
Speaker
where the matchup went and give some predictions for the next week. Now I won't be talking about the end season tournament, but the games do count. Um, LeBron made a statement that he was going for the half a million and you're, you're hearing a lot more of the, the NBA players who are starting to buy into this tournament. I think it's interesting because they started this tournament
00:00:44
Speaker
not started it, but it was tested in the WNBA. The commissioners cup is what the WNBA has. And the whole reason around the commissioners cup in the WNBA is, um, to raise money for all kinds of charities. And in the NBA, they just given out like half a million dollars. So
Weekly Game Recap and Analysis
00:01:01
Speaker
that's cool too. I mean, they got the Vegas commercial is tight, but we won't be talking about the end season tournament. I'm gonna go ahead and just run through all of the match ups.
00:01:08
Speaker
from the week we have four big games ended up at 500 even so I'm gonna call this week a wash middle of the road kind of week and let's go through each match up y'all that now let's let's go I'm on ESPN the first game was the Lakers versus the Heat which was technically inside of last week
00:01:29
Speaker
That was a tough game because it was a close game. LeBron had like 30, let's look at the box score on that one. Anthony Davis, not a great game. 25 minutes and nine points, that's kind of crazy. I think this is the game that Cam Reddish got the last shot on. And I said, why did Cam get the last shot?
00:01:47
Speaker
I was one of those people that LeBron was talking about. I was one of those naysayers that it just, I was just upset about it. To be honest, I was like, man, why wouldn't LeBron take that shot? Or why wouldn't LeBron do this? But it made way more sense, like LeBron said, for him to trust his teammates, if that's what he was used to doing. So I'm glad Cam Reddish took a turn for the best because after this game, that wasn't really the case.
00:02:13
Speaker
Also, Christian Wood. Christian Wood has been playing pretty good, y'all. The first couple of games, I wasn't 100% bought in on Christian Wood. I was more on the Jackson Hays side because he goofy and he like real lanky and don't really know how to move his body, but I think he always plays really aggressively on defense and he's always getting the tip back in too.
00:02:33
Speaker
our possession, so it's like the guy is gonna fight for the ball, put him in. Max Christie been playing a lot more minutes too. He had 15 minutes in this Miami game, only scored four points. Austin Reeves, it was really his game that day, and of course LeBron has been saving the day being a superhero, but we wanna see less of that, more of AD. He's been really stepping it up as well, but there was a loss on the road. So the Lakers have been having a hard time playing on the road, y'all, they just have.
00:03:01
Speaker
And just recently here, we broke that streak, but we'll talk about that here in a second. So we recorded a loss against Miami. The Lakers were after that game, three and four. Then on Wednesday went to Houston. Let me click this tab. Cause this is about to piss me off. It's going to this box score. We got beat by Houston, by the Houston Rockets. And to be honest, we all know what's happening in Houston. They have an awesome coach and they have some young talent. So he's really cultivating that as well.
00:03:31
Speaker
and Dylan Brooks is not playing terribly. So it's like, as much as you want Dylan to be the villain, I don't think he have no longevity to be the villain. Maybe we'll see. He took a page out of Draymond, but Draymond been going real, real strong for so many years. So we'll see how that goes, but.
00:03:46
Speaker
Let's look at this game. Tori and Prince 27 minutes. Tori and Prince has been started. And I will say on them days when Tori and Prince is not really hot and shooting, it's tough. It's real tough. So you sometimes have to wait for Tori to heat up in some games. He had some games he not kind of on the same thing as Cam Reddish, but it seems like once Cam had to be in that starting lineup because of all the injuries and stuff that was happening, he changed a lot. So.
Lakers vs. Suns Analysis
00:04:14
Speaker
Torian Prince 27 minutes still on his field goal, three for six. That's 50% shooting. No seven points would take it. He also does a lot defensively, been getting some real good steals and just hustling for the ball. Just crazy plays LeBron 27 minutes, only 18 points in that game. That was, that was kind of a soft game, but that's right before he went out.
00:04:34
Speaker
with that injury. D-Lo, 22 points. D'Angelo Russell has been playing so much better, y'all. Since last year, he has been doing all of the things that we have been asking him to do, so it was a huge hit that we lost Dennis. Dennis beat, he was a menace, honestly, here at LA, y'all. He was always getting them assists, always going back up strong, and that's something that D-Lo really don't have, but he's been playing really good, smart basketball.
00:04:59
Speaker
this season, so shout out to Delo for just doing his thing and knocking down shots, getting points 22. If he scored 20 points each game, that's a great point guard. That's a great opportunity for us to have more assists, too. How many assists he had? About four assists. Not bad. He nine for 18 on shooting, so he was knocking down some shots. Austin Reeves in that game, only seven points. That's why probably Austin Reeves went to the bench after the Rockets game. Okay. Austin had to go to the bench after that Rockets game because
00:05:28
Speaker
26 minutes and seven points is rough. That's rough. Rui, 26 minutes, 24 points. I'm always so just worried. Why isn't Rui in the starting lineup? He's proven himself to us time after time here. You saw what he did in the playoffs, y'all. Darvin, what is happening in that?
00:05:47
Speaker
we wouldn't be playing Rui. And I will say here, as you can see, Anthony Davis was not planning against him. So that's a huge offensive and defensive loss. Um, so a huge opportunity to just take advantage of the Lakers, but we still should have been able to, we cam reddish seven points there. Um, Rui 24 points, we still should have been able to beat the Houston Rockets. So that was a huge sad one for me. I really didn't say nothing online about that one.
00:06:10
Speaker
Sometimes too, it's early in the season again. Y'all know if you've been listening to the podcast, you have to have stamina to be a Laker fan. You gonna be in this mug arguing all year with the same people having the same things to say. So you gotta have stamina as a Laker fan. So drop the game to the Houston Rockets, 128 to 94, that's a damn blowout. But anyway, going on to the game with the Suns. Now this was a game.
00:06:36
Speaker
Everybody been waiting on this Kevin Durant, LeBron James matchup. This was a game game. It was a super good game to watch. Super entertaining. Let's look at this box score. Anthony Davis, 36 minutes, only 18 points. This, this was a frustrating game for me with Anthony Davis. Cause I'd be expecting him to turn up and just drop 40 at any moment. And I don't know. That's because you know, you used to seeing that Laker dominance and Shaq and all these big pow. You know what I mean?
00:07:03
Speaker
You used to see people just muscle up and do that. So it's like, he's playing a different kind of style of basketball. It's slow and low. It started to cook in the next game. So I ain't gonna, I ain't gonna knock them here. Cause Anthony Davis really been doing a great job. And then two rebounds, 11 rebounds. You can't be mad at that. LeBron also had 11 rebounds. LeBron 36 minutes 32. So Anthony Davis had 18 LeBron had 32 closed the whole game out.
00:07:27
Speaker
Cam had 17, he got hot. This is the game where LeBron was like, yo, I did the same thing that I did in that game. And y'all said, don't pass the ball to Cam. And he showed up today and he really did. Rui still got seven points here, even, well, 20 minutes. That was a fair amount of time, but that's cool. Rui can have a little bit of off game. D-Lo with another 19, another game where D-Lo is almost at 20 points, y'all.
00:07:52
Speaker
Torian only has seven, OK, three for eight on the shooting. No three pointers. It's usually like if he hot, he gonna be hot, but he's still gonna hustle, because I'm sure he has some other stats here. Two blocks. OK, we'll take that Christian Wood. Five points. Austin Reeves off the bench.
00:08:07
Speaker
15 points. That's what we need off the bench. I was listening to ESPN and they was talking about already who's going to be six man of the year. And it's like, dang, if you put Austin Reeves in that position, he could be six man of the year. Cause he can drop 20 regularly in the game and come off the bench and just add some extra push here. And I don't know if cam reddish is going to stay in the, the, the rotation full time. I'm not sure. Um, we'll see how that goes. I know for sure.
Lakers vs. Portland and Coaching Concerns
00:08:35
Speaker
Who just got cleared. Um,
00:08:37
Speaker
Um, dude, what is he? He just got cleared today to play. So we'll see. Uh, it don't look like maybe he wasn't at this game or something. They just didn't put a shit on there. But, um, yeah, he wasn't in the game. So we'll see how the rotation adjust once he gets back. Now let's talk about Phoenix. Kevin Duran dropped 38 had a great game. Nobody was pretty much in the game that day. Uh,
00:08:57
Speaker
Booker, Devin Booker was out of the game. Who else was out of the game? Somebody was hurt. Oh, Bradley Beal actually did play this game. So Kevin Durant played, had 38 points. Bradley Beal had 24, which was, which was great. Grayson Allen, nine points. Nurik, 14. Di, 11. That was Diab got blocked a couple of times. They just didn't have enough power, but if, if Devin Booker
00:09:21
Speaker
how to play, it would have been a completely different game. It would have been neck and neck. I'm not saying they wouldn't have won because it came down to the last second, so that always could go to any person's game, but it's always an honorable mention when one of the stars ain't in there. So boom, we lost two games, then we finally get that win on the road in Phoenix, 122 to 119, and beat the Suns.
00:09:42
Speaker
Sunday's game, yesterday's game against Portland. Now it's crazy to think Portland was even short-handed because of all these injuries. I was excited to see Scoot play the Lakers, but Scoot was out, so I didn't get that. That hurt my feelings.
00:09:58
Speaker
But let's see who was playing what here for the Lakers. Let's start off with the Lakers. Anthony Davis had a great game. Of course, 30 points. That's the kind of game and you know what? I was on Twitter already. As soon as the game started, I'm like, please be dominant, be dominant. But he started to cook and really turn up the defensive rebounds and just his rebounds in general. 11 defensive rebounds and 13 rebounds is pretty lit. 10 for 20 on the field goals. Anthony Davis shot 50%. That is.
00:10:27
Speaker
You can't ask for more than that. He played 41 minutes, which is long ass time. Tori and Prince also 33 minutes, 11 points. He didn't have no, no three point. I thought he had a three point in that game, but Rui was one for three on the three pointers. He was a starter in that game. 19 points for Rui. Cam reddish, another 18. So he on the streak. He just trying to top himself at this point and I want him to burn out. I just want him to keep playing the best you can every single day. Dilo still came through with 11 points.
00:10:53
Speaker
um christian wood seven only seven points austin reeves off the bench 18 so here we go again austin reeves being the sixth man coming off the bench scores almost 20 points that really helps us out so that's where we at we had two losses two wins we are at a complete 500 y'all we are at a complete 500 for the season so
00:11:18
Speaker
I'm not sure where else we're going from here. I'm liking the momentum of where it's going. The one thing that worries me is Darvin Hams coaching sometimes y'all because I don't be knowing what he be thinking when he be just putting in all these different people, taking people out. Also, I've always questioned having Anthony Davis be in a three point shooting role so heavily because on the nights that he don't hit, it's like we got all of this in the paint.
00:11:44
Speaker
open. You know what I mean? Like his presence in the paint, Anthony Davis, his presence in the paint is always felt. He's getting blocks in the last game. He's making sure that he's helping out his other teammates. So if the, if the, if you go past him
00:11:59
Speaker
Anthony Davidson coming up and cleaning it up. So I just don't think there's any value in throwing him all away in the arc and hoping that he has some kind of three point streak. It just doesn't make sense to me. So hopefully we'll see more of this offensive push. LeBron James will be
Upcoming Games and Predictions
00:12:15
Speaker
back in soon. So we'll have more games where he can come back through. Let's look at the schedule for this week. I didn't even pull that up. Let's look at the schedule for week four. All right, that's crazy.
00:12:27
Speaker
Okay, so we play Memphis, Memphis, which the Clippers, I just should have a whole sports commentary part. So I don't even got to just talk about the Lakers, but the Lakers are awesome. But the Clippers losing the Memphis was so hard to watch because they, all of they stars was in this James Harden thing is just, I don't want to harp on it, but oh my God.
00:12:46
Speaker
Anyway, are they playing today? Are they playing tomorrow? No, we play tomorrow. So we play Memphis and then we place the Kings again and then on Friday we play Portland. So maybe school to be playing in and then Sunday we play Houston again.
00:13:01
Speaker
We can redeem ourselves here. We plan a lot of the same teams over and over. I don't think we already saw Memphis. This is the first time we see Memphis this season, but they are incredibly short-handed. So hopefully we can just go ahead. Here's my predictions for the future for the next week. I think we're going to beat Memphis. Sacramento is going to be close, but we're going to come out on top as long as there ain't no injuries. Now, if LeBron is out, it might be hard. We might just lose.
00:13:25
Speaker
Portland, we gonna win against them and we are going to beat the Rockets the second time around. We gonna get it right. They're not gonna beat us two times. You heard it here. So make sure y'all keep it locked. Thank y'all so much for rocking with me for the live stream and make sure you tune into the podcast as well. On demand
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00:13:41
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00:13:54
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