Lakers to the WCF!? 😯 Road to Nuggets looks ‘realistic’ barring injuries – Austin Rivers | Get Up

Lakers to the WCF!? 😯 Road to Nuggets looks ‘realistic’ barring injuries – Austin Rivers | Get Up

I would to say the Lakers are going to make a run all the way back to the West Conference Finals as they did a year ago is that MC nuts M I think you got a little too much dip on your chip here Greenie I know everybody’s thrilled and

Excited about this eight out of nine game win streak that the Lakers are currently on but if we started today they’re still in the playin they still got to win two games they probably run into the Denver Nuggets most likely and even if they don’t a series with either

OKC or the Minnesota Timberwolves is going to be taxing I do not trust that one that one’s Mak nuts for me you know who’s feeling good my close personal Friend the King LeBron James who shouted me out on Instagram yesterday is worth that kind of tight he was asked about

After the game about this impressive Laker run here’s what he said I don’t want to look too far ahead um knowing the situation that we’re in so I’ve been just more taking it day by day and like I said when when that moment come I think we got what five games left about

Two weeks left in the season pretty much and then following week it’s time to go so where wherever we have to play wherever it is on the road home is it is all right so here’s to Monica’s point exactly where they sit there’s six there a game and a half

Excuse me out of the six seed at the moment our analytics have the Lakers with just a 5% chance to avoid the playin the most likely chance is they wind up in the 910 game overall their chance to make the playoffs meaning out of the playin and into the field is 46%

So that’s where we stand so here’s mcnut mcnut it is I here’s Damen Woody the world’s biggest Laker fan but Austin Rivers I’m starting with you I’m making the statement right now the only team I don’t think the Lakers can beat is Denver Denver is the best team of that

There is no question but you give the Lakers a matchup with OKC you get who is Young and inexperience you give them a matchup with Minnesota with the injury to Carl Anthony towns I’m telling you right now I like the Lakers to advance and I think if they get on the other

Side of the bracket from Denver we could see them deep into May again this year what do you think Austin uh listen barring no injury I agree with you uh this is a team that has vast playoff experience when we talk about even LeBron James and Anthony Davis

Alone we’ve seen this Duo go to the mountain top and win a championship even if it was in the bubble uh we saw them last year get all the way to the Conference Finals they have a wide variety of good role players around them that are stepped up we W you know look

At last game tonight or last night for example DLo haimura Austin Reeves all these guys in double digits they have guys who can come off the bench and score uh when you look at the teams that are at the top of the West we talk OKC Minnesota these are young teams who

Don’t have that experience uh these are teams that anybody and everybody I think sees the Lakers being able to compete not only compete but beat the only team ahead of them that we know that they cannot beat is Denver so as long as they don’t match up with them and if they’re

Able to get out of this play in I think the Lakers could make a realistic run back to the Conference Finals here’s what it reminds me of a little bit I’m I’m thinking back to last season and this is not to disrespect what OKC has done they had an incredible year and SGA

Is a legit MVP candidate but last year remember all we talked about was who’s going to get to play Sacramento who’s going to get to play Sacramento because they’re so inexperienced and you know what an aging Golden State Warriors team wound up drawing them in the first round

And beat them in that first round that that is what LeBron is capable of doing for your Lakers so long as they stay out of the way of Denver because nobody’s beating them Denver’s the only team that I that I’m truly that I truly feel like the Lakers can’t beat in the series

Right now do you fear anyone else uh I don’t fear any other team fear in your don’t fear any other team in in the Western Conference again you know I like I pointed on the show before with you SJ how much I love his game what he’s done

With OKC they’re young they’re young when he comes to the playoff you playoff experience can’t be overlooked but Denver experience the chemistry that that they have that’s the team that I just don’t see and they have the Unstoppable Force forget about that Denver aren’t getting past nugget stay

Healthy they’re going back to the finals but tell him he’s wrong tell him he’s mcuts that the Lakers can’t do it Monica you just told me I’m mcnut this is why I love get up it’s a more of a discussion it’s more of the possibilities discuss y’all are right you guys are absolutely

Right they also could get sent home by Steph Curry and not even get to this point so what are we doing what are we doing the Lakers would be you’re talking about in a playin situation Lakers Warriors right now you would take Golden State to win that game I’m it could

Since we’re doing CS it could happen well I mean anything could happen I could that’s what I’m saying so that’s what I’m saying like I I feel y’all on the on the um lack of experience from the two young teams I get you on the Nuggets dominance not 100% looking at

The bracket and sometimes I get a little bit confused but if they were to run into the Clippers are you taking them over the Clippers listen as far as Golden State our sides will take care of Golden State I’m not worried about that that’s right I’m not worried about that

Our sides will take care of it’s going hour I love it oh yeah it’s personal it’s personal wait let’s ask Austin Lakers Clippers in the playoff series who you like thank you Austin like none of this is a given that’s what I’m saying no one’s saying

It’s a given I’m telling you it’s not M that’s not a given that’s not a given Clippers are too deep of a team for that to just be a given uh I’d probably have to roll with I I I maybe the lers but the the Clippers are are good man the

Clippers are good they’re struggling now Maverick manger Luca and Kyrie they’ve been unbelievable I I don’t know I mean they they’ve got more players there than people realize legler is riding their bandwagon right crazy I’ll take LeBron

On Get Up, Mike Greenberg is joined by Austin Rivers, Monica McNutt and Damien Woody to analyze the possibility of the Los Angeles Lakers making a run back to the Western Conference Finals out of the NBA Play-In Tournament given they’ve won 8 of their last 9 games.

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