Luka & the Lakers Lose to the Magic + Can the Wolves Contend in the West? | ALL NBA Podcast
Adam Mares and Tim Legler break down the biggest NBA games and storylines, starting with the Los Angeles Lakers falling to the Orlando Magic and a detailed look at the final play. They analyze whether the Lakersâ big three truly fit together, Austin Reavesâ costly offensive rebound sequence, Paolo Bancheroâs huge night, Wendell Carter Jr.âs impact, and whatâs behind the Lakersâ recent struggles â including the search for their best lineup. The episode also covers the Minnesota Timberwolvesâ win over the Trail Blazers, strong performances from Rudy Gobert and Jaden McDaniels, and whether the Wolves have enough ball-handlers to maximize their offense. They wrap with quick hitters from around the league, including Zion Williamsonâs big game, Cason Wallace stepping up, and Jonathan Kumingaâs debut in Atlanta. A must-watch for NBA fans tracking playoff implications, lineup questions, and standout performances across the league.
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00:00 – Intro
01:29 Lakers fall to the Magic
02:18 Legs take on the last play
08:57 Do the Lakersâ big three fit together?
11:06 Austin Reaves gave up a costly OREB
13:42 Bancheroâs big night
16:00 Carterâs big game
18:00 Lakersâ recent struggles
20:27 What is the Lakers’ best lineup?
27:04 Minnesota beats the Blazers
28:02 Gobert has a great finish
29:15 McDanielsâ massive game
33:43 Do the Wolves have enough ball-handlers?
38:23 Clinganâs performance
40:46 Quick hitters starting with Zion Williamsonâs big night
42:32 Cason Wallace shows out
44:00 Kumingaâs big debut in Atlanta
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Luka slander and over fixation started when he got to the lakers. It wasnât this bad even in the 2024 finals.
Finch has a nasty habit of not running offensive plays and relying on Ant to carry. He likes having guys camp in the corner waiting for a shot. Works against guys like Ayo, McDaniels, and Shannon Jr. who are all slashers.
Love this podcast so much no politics, no hot takes take, just well informed sports takes that simply focus on the game
They did ask Luka about the shot and he gave an explanation. Not that hard to watch the postgame press conference before recording smh
I could listen to these 2 talk ball all day. Hate its around an hour đ
That Camara guy pretty much shut down Ant in the 2nd half. Ant had 25 at half and was killing the announcers were saying he has 8 40pt games and is well on his way to another and he barely got 30 for the night. Ant just acted like he couldn't get past the guy whatsoever and would wait for Rudy to come set a pick so he could miss a long 3. Very frustrating second half for Ant last night not something I wanted to see. It was mind boggling.
Gobert didn't have a damn point for most the night. If Wolves didn't go so cold from 3 barely grazing rim and the ball falling into his lap multiple times under the hoop he would have only had a couple points from the line where he's terrible.
Clingon was causing Ant to shoot it too hard on drives to the hoop expecting to have to get it over him and they would go hard off the glass not even cathing rim at least 3 different times when those are usually very high percent shots for him. He was bothered by the size of him and in 2nd half settled for 3s he missed most of.
legs capping like lebron is in his prime lol wtf?????
As a wolves fan.. Julius Randle is a match up nightmare for certain teams, we saw this in the playoffs last year. But I donât think that he is a true 2nd option against the top tier teams.
I feel like teams are trying to copy some of the magic the pacers and Rick Carlisle had last year with those inbound plays.
Luka 33% shooting, 20% on 3's. But for a change he didn't win the minus award.
Luka passing up that shot was absolutely INSANE. Wide fucking open and hot potatoâs it to LeBron for a rushed and contested turnaround fade. Itâs one thing to not take a tough shot in favor of making the right pass, but passing up a great look to give a teammate a much worse look? Wild. Never seen a superstar do that
Damn.. no Cavs Knicks talk?!
"What is everybody"
Legs is being dumb Luka got a wide open shot the warriors ran the same exact play and Steph hit a 3 out of it it worked to perfection for the lakers and Luka just didnât shoot y is he harping on this so much
This podcast is the best, way better then espn garbage. Actually insight
The reason Ayo is struggling with the Wolves is that Finch doesnât give bench players ie 7-9, the flexibility or freedom to play. If Finch sees a mistake, they are pulled right after or soon thereafter. also Finch just plays Ayo in the corner and he needs to be out in the middle of the play driving the ball. I believe Ant needs to figure out when to play with better ball movement, and that prohibits their offense, especially with McDaniels.
Give me a 5 hours legs talk i got work to do
Good stuff on the Wolves, though I would push back on that I think Jaden DOES have a pretty good handle and has been incredible in pick n roll with Rudy. Itâs fair skepticism of if he could do it every night if he starts getting better defenders out on him every night but against the lesser defenders he cooks in isolation and pnr
Austin reaves overrated. 6th man at best, can't defend, and only foul bait, he's trying so hard to be like Luka now where he's complaining about not getting calls like he's a superstar. It actually embarrassing for him because if you saw how badly he gets shut down by a contending team like the Thunder and Boston. He's not worth 25-30m max LOL
Adam Adam Adam – how does a team get an 8 game home stand? simple they also get an 8 game road trip – cmon man check your facts
Itâs disgusting to see Legler ignore the elephant in the room. Legs used to talk basketball, now heâs talking narratives. If you canât address how bad the Lakers have been since Lebron came back then I canât take your takes serious anymore, Legs.
I agree Luka doesn't shoot free throw as he should have been but his clutch but I'm shocked that his not clutch free throw in the playoffs and it's good he played well in the first round series but they need him to be efficient in the free throw to have a shot especially they bad of defense
I think MN has an amazing roster that has become VERY hard to coach well night to night. I havenât heard much about it but the team is so deep and diverse that the perfect rotation is always an option but nailing that down vs different teams is tough. One of the reasons I think they will get to the WCF again is given a series they can figure out whoâs the right 2nd option, when to go double bigs. When ant should be off ball, when Ayo should take point, or we go to JR to zone bust and hunt mismatches. The team is getting crazy but itâs allot for finch to iron out in the regular season. The effort is dogshit sometimes too but I do feel like they have an answer to every team in the league.
Just say it Legs, Ant chokes in the 4th quarter stretch đ
Yes. Horrible
Legs is right. No strategy. No execution. I cannot wait to get to the off-season for potential Giannis
I loathe today's game.
Came here for Kuminga!
You think if Lebron is willing to take the MLE the Cavs are not jumping on that? The Cavs SF spot is not some start you cant bring off the bench. lol
Luka Needs to stop aiming his FTs hes never in rythym.
Could Timâs comments about Ayo on the Wolves apply to Cam Johnson on the nuggets as well? Heâs missed a third of the season and canât get his feet under him in the 2/3rds heâs played.
He didnât shoot because he saw the time left, there was like a whole 7 seconds left.