On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris āMad Dogā Russo and JJ Redick talk through the NBA Play-In games and lookahead to the rest of the NBA Playoffs.
0:00 Lakers are an āeliteā defensive team, according to JJ Redick
2:00 Stephen A. weighs in on the Lakersā OT win
3:30 Mad Dog thinks the Lakers are up against it in the Grizzlies series
4:50 Bemoaning load management vs. playing with a bad elbow
7:11 Atlanta Hawks defeat the Miami Heat 116-105
10:30 JJ thinks thereās a lot to unpack with the Heat
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26 Comments
JJ is captain obvious. He brings absolutely nothing to the debate time and time again. Complete waste of space.
Iām still not sure if the lakers are elite defensively or the timberwolves just suck one of those two
Mfs be like lakers goin win it all never mind they in trouble like man say what you mean mean what you say Lebron and lakers in 6 ! 2023 nba champions
Dwight Howard aināt sounding like a bad pick up rn
JJs comments about Lakers would have been great point if they loss but they didnāt. Winning sometimes not perfect thatās why teams practice. Even if you practice and prepare, a great team can lose. No points for JJ . He just talking to keep his job.
Whoever thinks the Lakers are going anywhere near the Finals is in absolute retard. Youāre a retardš«µ
Love JJ we need more of him
Lakers didnāt play good defense down the stretch wolves just started missing. They ran out of juice. Anyone that watched that game could see that. Second aD should have known LeBron wasnāt going to switch and chase after mike.
grizzlies in 4/5
Mad Dog is the best.
JJ is full of himself.
SAS is a loudmouth.
They dont got nobody to stop AD on grizzlies
As a Laker fan my whole life, my heart has barely made it these last couple of years. I love this team, but they will only have a deep run if they stop gambling defensively and have some consistency from the bench. AD and Lebron are great, but there is no way they can do it by themselves especially against depth of other teams.
they got this man working with laryngitis in a job you need to speak work rate on 10
Mad Dog is a joke. Fire that moron
The heat just simply arenāt very good or very deep itās as simple as that they had two fluke seasons in the playoffs I donāt know how this is even a topic
They gave the Lakers that game, the refs pushed them back into the game with fouls! Minnesota didn't score a point in about 5 minutes! The game was ridiculous! I don't care for either team but it wasn't a fairly called game
Kyrie was needed for lakers last night kyrie shines in pressure games and gets u buckets palinka should of made it happen
Refs were on the Lakers side 21-3 your scripted NBA narratives.
It's simple, its one thing to win a game, it's another to be given the game. 99% of the time, you'd take the win….but regardless of who won this game, it's a bad win, moreso the Lakers given the Timberwolve injuries. Neither team is going anywhere this season.
Georgia bulldog coach Mark Taylor story….
Jj 100% correct!!…
We have seen the lakers play 83 basketball games this year. How many does it take for lakers fans to realize theyāre bad this year. Youāre not beating the grizzlies youāre a bad team
Miami needs a personnel change. I knew they hit their ceiling during the off-season and Iāve seen it all year. Theyāre right back in the mid level purgatory they were in before Butler came to town
Actually the Timberwolves played an amazing game
I like JJs take. I donāt think the Lakers will shoot the ball that way again. I think fatigue took a role in the offense since theyāve had to play in high pressure games for the last two months. I think the rest will rejuvenate them
Tbh last nights game has nothing to do with the playoffs. The play-in is just different. Itās like a game 7 with a little less pressure. You never see beautiful basketball in this type of games. Both teams are giving it allā¦ both teams looked terrible on offense but it was because of the preassure. In a seven game series they gonna be much better