They went up against that man, the stretch Mark five and the Nuggets and took an L on the court.

But they also took an L in the locker room because that is where Anthony Davis had toe head during the game because of an Achilles injury that he's going to get em are on tonight.

What does this potential health scare mean for the Lakers moved forward in their goals?

Well, LeBron is in that gold conversation, but Anthony Davis got the keys, keys, keys.

He got the keys, keys, keys because if he's injured, they will not win the Western Conference.

You know it, and I know it.

And that's the beautiful thing about team sports.

They could be as deep as any squad in the history of the NBA, but without Anthony Davis, they're not win in the West Utah Jazz.

They're gonna be right there, in particular, as a team to come to mind the Denver Nuggets as the team that comes to mind.

The Los Angeles Lakers are going to be outstanding as long as LeBron James is healthy.

Montrezl Harrell, great pickup called Kuzma playing well, then it's shrewder getting quality minutes.

The Lakers are stacked, but without Anthony Davis, the Clippers, the Jazz, somebody else will be winning the Western Conference.

If you don't get help.

Yeah, the Los Angeles and the Lakers don't just need Anthony Davis on the floor.

They need a healthy Anthony Davis, a productive Anthony Davis on the floor.

To get through that gauntlet, that is the Western Conference.

We wish him the best.

We hope there is some good news coming from this m r I today.

But even without the health issues, you've seen that his production has been down a little bit this year.

Some of those numbers are the lowest they've been since his rookie year, so we'll see even when he comes back.

Let's even get back to not just health, but also the production that we used to from him.

But Jalen, you know I love something about basketball, which is unnecessarily fancy passes and my guy composite.

So I don't know why he's not getting enough M v p talk because that no look right there, right past coups.

Mazir I was watching.

I was like, Did he just And then the replay shows?

Yes, he did just throw it right past Cosmosphere.

Just want to celebrate him very quickly because the Nuggets to get the win in the game.

Jalen, that wasn't the only big game yesterday in the n b A.

We had Dame going up against Luka and it was Dame time once again with this step back that brought them the lead.

Luca had a chance to tie and could not.

Jalen.

It just seems like whenever there's a big shot to be made for the Blazers, it is dame and dame comes through.

You know, this is Dames Parking spot.

You know, he listens to the podcast every night, and he watches Jalen and Jacoby on D V.

R.

Two or three times a day.

You know, what baffles me for Riel is that I'm gonna wake up today and here people to claim that love the N b A and follow the lead closely surprised about how good Dame dollar is like I've been talking about this dude being hovering around the top five player for like, three seasons.

As a matter of fact, I remember making the argument when people were saying Anthony Davis was better than Dave and calling him a top five player.

I was like, No, hit the brakes And the great thing about him is that he masters the moment.

That's what sports is about, and a lot of times, that's what life's about.

You're gonna look back and he's iconic shots that happened in playoff history of the NBA regular season.

Dane Dollar has already cemented himself and knocking down big buckets.

He broke up the Oklahoma City Thunder Russell Westbrook and Paul George and saying, Bye bye, Uh, Dave hits so many big shots.

When you look at those numbers, look at him 33 times in the last nine years, he has taken a shot for the lead or to tie to go.

That's more than Mawr than LeBron Mawr than Davis.

More than DeRozan, Dame Lillard is truly the most clutch player in the N B A.

In the past nine years, and all those shots that we showed you those were all just from this season.

He's done it a handful of times this season already, Mr Rose, Go ahead.

This is where I interrupt the analytics and stats that could cloud somebody's judgment and just make sure when we having this conversation, right?

Steph Curry and Kevin Durant's names must be mentioned in this conversation.

I don't care about that full screen.

I don't care about what happened last year.

Those two names must be mentioned in this conversation.

Please continue with the final program.

I will continue with the fine program.

Well, those the good news for the Blazers.

Jalen.

I don't know if you've noticed, but the Celtics had a really bad weekend.

First it started with your Pistons giving the Celtics the business.

And yesterday they got waxed by the Wizards.

They got their seventh win of the season and yesterday, coming against the Celtics.

Jalen, what is going wrong in Beantown?

Shout the Bradley bill, showing up and bringing it on the nightly basis.

The team really has struggled with Russ in the lineup, so it's good to see them get a victory.

But the elephant in the room Jacoby for the Celtics are the pillars of their team.

Not much productivity at center, and I'm not really surprised by that.

But point guard is where they've struggled.

I'm surprised by that they have Kimball Walker.

They have Pritchard markets.

Smartest dealt with some injuries that position has not been a productive one for them.

Jeff Teague.

They brought him in this all season.

If they don't get that together, this is the early playoff exit for the Boston Celtics.

Absolutely.

I never thought I would say this, but they seem to really miss Gordon Hayward as well, because when you take out smart, you have Hayward in Charlotte.

You really have Brown and Tatum and not a lot of other scoring options with Kemba sort of coming back from that knee injury.

So it'll be interesting to see exactly where they go to for buckets outside of those two.

And if smart can play himself back into shape and be as productive as he has been in the past in his career.

This Celtics team is now at 13 and 13, which is pretty good for the Western Conference.

But in the Eastern Conference, you just got to be better than 13 and 13 because there are some winds out there for you, like when you play the Pistons and when you play Washington, those air wins that you absolutely need.

Jalen, don't don't make that face.

You've been watching Pistons games.

I know you have you been watching the games, so there's no reason to make that face.

You know, this slander is more into is this When we talk about the next struggle, they lost to the Pistons.

You're talking about the Celtics struggle.

You started by saying they lost to the Pistons.

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