20 to go.

Lakers down by three.

LeBron no offensive rebound.

K C P 43 and it's good he had 21 Lakers tied at 1 11.

Next Wizards possession.

Where's Russell going to go?

How about Danny Avea in the corner?

The rookie with the three Wizards retake the lead by three points, 13 seconds left.

Now Lakers are down two DUIs.

LeBron going strong?

Yes, off class, he would score 31.

The Laker bench loves it, so he goes to the line with a chance to take the lead.

But it's off the front rim, so the Wizards have a chance to win it.

Six seconds to go.

Bradley Beal, the MBA's leading scorer.

This is for the three and the win, and it's no good, and we're going to overtime.

Tied at 1 15 under a minute left in the OT, Wizards are up by two Beale.

Alex Caruso.

That's not a good matchup for Alex.

Bill had 33 Wizards by four Next Laker possession.

LeBron handoff KCP again.

Lakers within 1 14 seconds left.

Wizards inbounding still up one.

It's Russell Westbrook taking its strong.

He had 32 points plus 14 boards.

He would miss the free throw, so the Wizards are up.

Three.

Last chance.

Lakers LeBron Long, three.

It's no good fight for the board.

That's a tough look for Kyle Kuzma.

It's no good, and the Wizards win in Los Angeles by three in O t.

LeBron.

What?

I mean, I'm resting now.

I'm sitting here talking to you guys.

I'm resting.

When I get my car and head home on rest When I get home, I arrest tomorrow.

Um, you know, I think this whole narrative of you know LEBRON needs more rest, or I should take more rest.

I should take time here Has become a lot bigger than what it actually really is.

I've never talked about it.

I don't talk about it.

I don't believe in it, You know, we all need more rush.

I mean, this is ah, fast turnaround from last season on.

We all wish we could have more arrests.

But you know, I'm here to work and I'm here.

Toe punch my clock in and be available to my teammates.

Good for him for saying that.

Let's get into it.

The big fella, Kendrick Perkins is with us, and the not quite as big fella Zach Lowe is with us as well.

Good morning, fellas.

And LeBron plays 43 minutes in an overtime game last night.

All this conversation in the absence of Anthony Davis about whether he's going to have to work too hard.

Kendrick Perkins.

Are they working too hard on LeBron James?

Absolutely not.

Greeny.

Look, you heard LeBron.

James just told us.

He said He's not worried about his minutes.

And we look, if LeBron James tell us a duck could pull the truck, guess what we better do.

We better hook the son of a gun up because, look, he has just hit his second stage of his prime.

I'm not worried about his minutes at all.

I'm worried about the offense, but I'm not worried about his minutes.

Screen.

He's 36 years old is that Zach Lowe is a reasonable thing to think he's gonna be able to carry this team without a D for the rest of the season and still be at his best in the playoffs.

Of course, if any athlete has earned the benefit of doubt in any sport about his body and his conditioning, it's LeBron James.

That said, he clearly wants to win the M v p.

And one thing I would tell LeBron is if he takes a night off here there, especially in this season, where so many guys are missing games here there.

It's not gonna hurt his M V P case.

The Lakers can sit him down if he needs it, but if he's telling me he doesn't need it, this guy knows his body better than anyone.

Yes, he's third all time.

Admit it's played greeny regular season plus playoffs.

It makes me nervous, but if it doesn't make him nervous, I gotta just say, Okay, how important do you think that is to a big park?

There's so much talk about the M V P word he'd be the oldest ever to win it.

How important do you think it is to LeBron to win the MVP this year?

Well, I think it's look, it helps his resume for the old heads like you and Stephen A.

To go here and get fifth M V P so y'all could finally labor him to go.

But I think LeBron James just wanna win.

I think he just want to play the game of basketball.

He is.

He is playing with great joy right now, and I think he just wanna be on the court.

Greening.

Here it is with a short turnaround, We thought that he would be low management.

He has played every single game this season and has played it at extremely high level.

So right now, I do think he want the M V P on this belt, and he should want it.

Meantime, though, Kendrick, they've lost four out of five since Anthony Davis got hurt.

They lost to a good team in the Nets.

They lose to a bad team last night in Washington.

Are the Lakers in some trouble?

They are, especially without Anthony Davis.

They have to figure things out offensively, their offensive to stagnant.

It's not gonna work.

With LeBron James and Marc Gasol running the hot pick and roll, they need a dynamic roller, a live threat at the basket, God like Andre Drummond.

Defensively, they do not have that gotta so without Anthony Davis been without with With Anthony Davis Ben out.

This is where they miss JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard, the shot blocker.

The Wizards got whatever they wanted last night in the bank.

They got to the free throw line.

They need to get them another athletic big Zach.

You worried about the Lakers?

Remember when LeBron went into chill mode?

Let's all go into chill mode a little bit.

Anthony Davis is out.

Dennis Schroder, their second creator, is out when the Lakers have LeBron and a D on the floor there, plus 15 per 100 possessions.

They're killing everyone.

I agree with Perk.

They're missing that sort of vertical and like toughness at the rim.

Nick, they'll they'll look around for that kind of player.

But if they get healthy, if Anthony Davis is 100% in the playoffs and Dennis shooters back and Kyle Cruz was playing like this, we're all gonna forget this little blip on the radar and it's all gonna be fine.

That is probably reasonable.

Yeah, but Zack, if if was 1/5 will all be drunk.

We don't know if Anthony Davis is coming back, okay?

And then we do have to realize that the Utah Jazz off extremely high level, The Clippers are playing extremely well and the Phoenix Suns those thoughts with me this morning?

Exactly.

I have to leave it there, but I can't have a good day without if, if there was 1/5 we would all be drunk.

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