‘The Lakers should feel DEFLATED!’ 😳 – Perk reacts to Lakers’ OT win vs. Wizards | NBA Today

‘The Lakers should feel DEFLATED!’ 😳 – Perk reacts to Lakers’ OT win vs. Wizards | NBA Today

One came down to the wire it came down to winning time and then some LeBron James when he is dancing like this in the layup lines you think it’s going to be a fun game check the time check the score the Lakers up by one final minute

Of the fourth quarter here Anthony Davis gets that one to go perk I love when he go to that jump Hook off the low block brings joy to my heart well Jordan P was playing with joy last night he had 34 points in this one then again Austin

Reeves attacking y row with the up bass great footwork shout out to Phil hand all tied up here at 126 the Wizards with the ball a chance to win the game gets the shot off not quite to overtime we go that wi just over a minute into overtime

The Lakers down three LeBron commits the turnover here but then recovers in a way I mean this is as much of a signature as some of his shots Brian yeah I mean look the Wizards came in trying to send a message as much as you can having lost

12 in a row the Lakers LeBron up to 30 points the game I you know I don’t know how players don’t know that move that shot is coming that that setup when he looks down yes LeBron James once again hands it off to Anthony Davis slams it

Down Davis had 40 points 15 rebounds in this one under 15 seconds to go here the Wizards down three kozma attempts a deep three misses the ball gets tipped to Ru haimura LeBron 9 points away from 40,000 is he content with the win you know in

This league is it’s hard as heck to win you know it’s hard as heck to win in this league and um you know we’ve had our fair share of losses this year um and we’re trying to just to rewrite that ship you know get better it’s a pretty

Good win especially after last night we exerted so much energy last night and then coming in versus a young team that has all the energy in the world to be able to just still be able to will that one in um I think that was a a very impressive

One so ad and LeBron they both had big nights here Davis going for 40 and 15 as I mentioned James 31 and N this was their 12th game with at least 30 points each the fourth most by a Lakers Duo do you feel better or worse perk about the

Lakers after watching what they did last night to be honest I don’t care I don’t care and the Lakers should feel deflated right now right and here’s why I say that before they beat the Clippers before LeBron went on his you know Masterpiece in the fourth quarter they

Were in a ninth spot last night LeBron playing the back to back what 39 minutes big game from him they get a win guess what they’re still in the ninth spot they still have to cover ground so despite these wins right now they put themselves in a in a I wouldn’t say a

Horrible position but not the best position when you think that hey they still have to might if the play in started today they would still have to go against the Golden State Warriors and there two and a half games back from the Sacramento Kings of getting that eighth

Spot so they didn’t move at all it was this is not ludicrous they would have moved if they’ have lost they’d have moved to 10th because the Warriors won in New York and this is really the that sort of defines the Lakers season they get great games from ad and LeBron who

Have played great all season ad and LeBron have played a bunch of minutes all season you know LeBron coming back with that bad ankle and playing in the backto back and they barely win to stay in ninth that’s the Lakers that’s been the Lakers throughout the entire season

And no matter what you want to project on them no matter how you want to look at that game against the Clippers the other night this is probably or the Lakers will be the rest of the way they are going to have to be lucky or way

Above what they’ve played so far to get out of that play and otherwise they’re going to be in a single game situation in mid April they’re ninth they’re still ninth they didn’t move down and like LeBron said you got to win the games man it’s a back toback after a total gut

Check yeah like all hands on deck performance against the Clippers and look you mentioned the Kings Kings are three up on Lakers and allow column they play twice in the next 10 to 12 Days those are huge games bookmark those games cuz the kings are kind of scuffling that’s the door right there

For the Lakers to get up to the eighth seed and get into the top half of the playin and they needed wins like these two wins just to even put those games on the radar as important games but look if I asked you guys to guess what the Lakers point differential overall plus

Minus for the season is I wonder what you would guess it is take some guesses I wouldn’t guess because I’m not a a data type of guy so I wouldn’t guess cuz I don’t know 1.6 no total total oh minus 23 for the season minus 23 they just

It’s nice that they can get up yeah for these games it’s nice they can gut out these wins it’s just always hard for them and getting up for one game two games is different than beaten the thunder four times the Wolves four times like they just haven’t displayed the

Level of consistency to be able to do that now maybe it’s coming and again the playoffs the first round you actually get more rest than you do in the second round so that could help them if they get in but minus 23 that number just

Just kind of sticks in my mind a little bit I mean even if they’re clicking on all cylinders Anthony Davis and LeBron James specifically because we’ve seen it all season long I mean does that give you confidence when you see them playing like this that they can carry them in a

Series it’s not enough be honest for five years we’ve watched ad and LeBron play really well the Lakers have in the regular season only had one or in a half kind of really good regular seasons you know last year they made the great run

But they were in the play in you know um the one year that they they were great was the year they won the title after that they’ve been kind of messing with the play in even with ad and LeBron being great since ad got there if you

Want the honest I will say this though to spin it the other way away from minus 23 and toward hope for the Lakers we appreciate that that forsome that a lot of us have been begging them to lean into all year Reeves hamura LeBron and Davis that is way plus way positive plus

Six per one 100 possessions that lineup is working so maybe that’s the light at the end of the tunnel for this team to be something other than every other game they seem to show up and gut out a tough win right I mean the Golden State Warriors the Lakers they both had pretty

Incredible fe uh februaries for sure in the entire month but neither one of them really made any Headway in the standings that’s that’s just a fact the Lakers know they weren’t the only team with championship aspirations that were in action last night so let’s go Coast to Coast brought to you by healthcare.gov

We’re going to start in Madison Square Garden where the aformentioned Golden State Warriors had Steph Curry hit eight threes giving him 79 threes in February more than the Blazers hit as a team this month so well last month perk the Warriors finished 11 and three for the

Month what letter grade are you giving them for February I actually give them a a okay for the simple fact that no Andrew Wiggins last night for the past couple games and all of a sudden this new system new Energy new life in the youth and the O has been working well

For them let’s head to Phoenix where the Suns they beat the Rockets to get back up to the fifth seat out west Zack low fill in the blank the Suns have been what so far this season well frustrating frustra I just want to see the team

We’re running out of time to see the team for a sustained period of time Bradley Bill has been hurt for a lot of the Season sometimes they look great sometimes they look kind of and last night they looked pretty good B minus I give a B minus for last night I getor

Zach oh you were an English teacher history teacher history history teacher next we had a finals rematch in Jamal Murray left the game though with an uh ankle injury that was early the Nuggets they got the win to stay Perfect Since the All-Star break the heat had been

Perfect Brian is there anyone playing better than the Nuggets right now not really I mean ho hum they just beat the team that was maybe the hottest team in the league in the heat you know coming off a great win but if you’re asking me if I’m most impressed with the Nuggets

Right now I’m kind of impressed by the Bucks oh well let’s talk about the bucks then because Giannis and Dame they were in Charlotte they got their fourth straight win it was another defensive Clinic by Milwaukee who made it to three game straight holding their opponent to under 100 points their longest streak

Since 2020 but the Bucks defense that wasn’t who Giannis wanted to shout out after the game take a listen I said that everybody got to do a better job even the quid mind they got to do a better job uh I got to take it back they’ve been unbelievable the last three months

And even though I said that have they have to do a better job jokingly now they got to go back to the teams and to their organization and ask for a race so they ask for I mean that that’s probably praise from Yannis he called out the equipment manager and now he’s

You know come in Full Circle given a props where props are due the Bucks though they entered the month of February 19th in defense that was a couple of games into doc River tenure as head coach but oh baby they have turned things around on that end of the floor

With the third best defense in the month of February behind only the Timberwolves and the Miami Heat oh

Zach Lowe, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst join Malika Andrews on NBA Today to react to the Los Angeles Lakers’ 134-131 overtime win over the Washington Wizards. Then they discuss the success of the duo between LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Finally, the recap games across Thursday night’s action including the Golden State Warriors vs. the New York Knicks, the Phoenix Suns vs. the Houston Rockets, the Denver Nuggets vs. the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks vs. the Charlotte Hornets.

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