NBA Today | Lakers play basketball today – Perk: AD & D-Lo will lift LA to take down Giannis & Bucks

NBA Today | Lakers play basketball today – Perk: AD & D-Lo will lift LA to take down Giannis & Bucks

The Lakers they begin a six game road trip tonight in Milwaukee remember this is the first time they’ve played outside of the State of California since February 25th and every single game is all too important for Los Angeles in this race for the playin now welcoming in our reporter covering the Lakers Dave

Mcmeniman who is live from Milwaukee Dave the Lakers they start that six-game road trip tonight against Yannis in the bucks but LeBron is listed as out tonight so what more can you tell us about his injury and status here moving forward Le I saw LeBron at the Lakers

Morning shoot around today in his longtime athletic trainer Mike Manus was working on him and it was in relatively good spirits I asked him hey are we going to see you tomorrow against Memphis Grizzlies because they play second night of back to back to start

This road trip he said nope I’m out for the rest of the season he was joking which tells me he’s in decent Spirits this is something he’s been dealing with now for months now this left an of his he dealt with it around the All-Star break went to get treatment prior to the

All-Star Game and got treatment after the All-Star Game and has mostly been on the court but they’re trying to look at this final stretch of 11 games as they want him to be as available as possible that means sacrificing one game when you consider also the fact that this is the

First season since LeBron played for the Heat in 2012 2013 that his team has a winning record without him this was The Prudent decision to hold him out tonight Dave you should have seen my eyebrows shoot up before you dropped the line that LeBron was joking when he said that

It was going to be for the season but you’re right the Los Angeles Lakers they have experienced some success even recently against the Milwaukee Bucks it did take an enormous game from D’Angelo Russell in order to win that game and it was home here in Los Angeles but how is

This team preparing to face Giannis and the Bucks tonight since LeBron will be out for this one oh yeah certainly good of you Malika to mention that big game from D’Angelo Russell and Spencer dwy who filled in for D’Angelo Russell on Sunday against the Pacers with Russell out with a

Non-co illness had one of his biggest offensive games all year but when you spoke to him this morning at shoot round it wasn’t that I expect to go out and score 25 26 points again he said he remembered in that game in early March he was the screener setting up looks for

D’Angelo Russell the good part about this Lakers team is that they feel like they have enough continuity at this stage of the Season even without LeBron to be able to play different scenarios based on different opponents you you saw them playing a defensive style of the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on

Friday held the Sixers under 100 points and that was a track race on Sunday against the Indiana Pacers when the Lakers put up a season High 150 it’s probably going to take some combination of those two things against this Bucks team tonight and certainly you get a confidence Spencer didn’t what he ready

To step in for LeBron James in his absence Dave McManaman from Milwaukee thank you so very much the thing about NBA today though is that you don’t just get the what you get on any other show you get the recipes for Success that your team may need so for more on that

Let’s TS it over to Chan who is the key for the Lakers if they want to replicate what they did on March 8 what are they going to need to do against the buck Chan well the key is Anthony Davis who is fresh off of winning Western Conference player of the week but

Tonight he won’t have his guy by his side that hasn’t been a problem though for ad this season the brow is putting up over 28 points in games without LeBron James and here is how the key gets his buckets right here so let’s run the tape all right one thing I love

About ad is that he can really go off of the dribble people forget he was a point guard in high school he’s going up against Brook Lopez they don’t send a double because this is a great defender and what does AD do he rocks him to

Sleep a little bit gets him with a heesy and nice little reverse layup so he’s able to create his own baskets but this right here is nasty it’s dirty again on an island Brook lus he can really guard ad but watch this send the double why when he’s comfortable knocking down

Shots at this clip a turnaround mid-range fade away from the free throw line that guy is in his bag sorry my ifb fell off but we’re going to keep running with it now as for the bucks their Duo of dam and Giannis they have been growing chemistry throughout the season

But lately y’all they’ve been on another level now last time that they played the Lakers Damon Yannis each went for over 25 points and had 12 dimes a first of any teammates in a game like that in league history so that Synergy is growing and I love this pick and roll

Watch this right here Dame he attacks and these are the buckets that the Bucks need draw to Giannis not staying on the perimeter instead he gets him where yanis can finish but next level again in this pick and roll here watch this Giannis quick dribble hand off no

Thinking what does Dame do he comes off knowing that guys are inside Dame has been shooting 42% from three since Allstar so yes ‘s hands are full because these two guys have been playing so well ever since All-Star break Malika J is our All-Star doing it even without an earpiece but your Rockets

Chanet rolling as well they’re winning a current NBA High ninth game in a row after beating the Trailblazers 110 to 92 by the way that’s their longest win streak since November of 2019 we’ve been waiting sis they have the 7th toughest remaining schedule Chan only 11 games to

Go so let’s just take some quick inventory here of the play and race because look here they come the Rockets are a half game back at the Golden State Warriors so the race for the final playin spot it has really started to heat up here one thing to remember

Houston needs to finish ahead of Golden State to earn that spot remember because the dubs they do have the tiebreaker so they cannot finish with the exact same record so with all of that as a backdrop it’s time now for setting the pick brought to you by ESPN bet the official

Sports book of ESPN two teams who are currently in the playin tournament in the respective conferences square off tonight in the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat they match up for the second time this season Golden State comes in losing their last two games but

They haven’t lost three in a row since December so Kendrick Perkins starting with you who do you got in this all important game tonight I’m I’m going with the team that plays hard consistently the team that’s well coached a team that has Jimmy Butler the Miami Heat right after they

Got smacked down a couple games Ago by the Pelicans we saw them return to favor last game and look the one thing about the heat they wants to keep it going and what you called it uh Wendy the Miami flu is that the new term for it the

Miami flu yeah so I mean at the end of the day I don’t trust the Golden State Warriors I don’t think either none of us does on this panel but I’m going with the Miami Heat for tonight well speaking of the flu Jimmy Butler missed Sho around this morning with an illness now

The expectation is that he’s going to be able to go tonight but I want to see Jimmy Butler in the starting lineup before I’m G to make my pick so I’m just GNA stand back what and wait I’m going to wait for that list I’m going to wait

For the starting lineup I’m going to wait for the starting lineups I have until tip off so if Miami if Jimmy Butler who is listed is probable with a head semicolon illness non-co official diagnosis I’m not even sure what that is um you’re going with Miami if Jimmy

Plays probably okay wow as probable as Jimmy Butler play regardless I’m going with the Miami Heat and I’m I’m very concerned about the Warriors not only because my Rockets are hot on their back right Jaylen green averaging 25 cents Allstar break that was my only time to get the Rockets

Sorry guys but the reason why is because the Golden State Warriors they have played better lately and but they still have no solution for the Steph Curry on the uh bench minutes they don’t if you look at the lineup of Steph giving you 31 kaminga giving you around 14 uh

Draymond giving you 12 Klay giving you 16 on the bench we’d say oh that’s an automatic win they were close versus t- wolves but they still can’t figure out those big moments and so I’m going with the Miami Heat because they have bam out of bio as well that’s the only person

That perked in mentioned he gives you 15 and 16 and the last time out I I mean at this time of year I just become a Believer if the Golden State Warriors lose this game mhm they have the exact same record as the Houston Rockets BR bring bring so we’re a dynasty that

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Gave the guys is a boost that you got the got like Ty Adams on the field and you can see how impactful he was in 45 and you know typical Tyler would get into an argument in the locker room and he wants to play more you know guys are

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NBA Today | Lakers play basketball today! – Perk: AD & D-Lo will lift LA to take down Giannis and the Bucks.