Luka Doncic & Lakers stay RED HOT vs. Rockets, Hawks win 10th straight, Arizona NCAA tourney preview
Jason reacts to the Los Angeles Lakers winning their ninth of 10 games, this time over Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. He breaks down the performances from Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and Austin Reaves, before outlining how Marcus Smart has changed the identity of the team. Then he discusses the Atlanta Hawks beating the Orlando Magic and the Arizona Wildcats heading into the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
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1:00 – Lakers/Rockets reaction
20:15 – Hawks/Magic reaction
28:26 – Arizona basketball
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22 Comments
Luka Magic will take the Lakers to the Finals this year…
The hawks’ never ending sequence of attacks doesn’t happen w 1 hyper ball dominant half court surgeon like Trae or Luka
That’s that’s part abt your ball philosophy that I disagree with. Versatile two way stars are underrated in your bball world view
Ftr okc n bos front offices would agree with me. They’re the two best franchises no coincidence they prioritize two way play form ALL their guys. Esp their stars
In reference to how the jays fit now that tatums back, Joe mazz has been repeating the phase “give the game what it needs”. Pretty self explanatory but the offensive hubs Jason has favored play with more rigid play styles and aren’t as capable of adjusting to the shifting circumstances game to game play to play.
They’re also strain teammates n cap sheet because they require others to cover for them in a way you don’t have to worry abt with two way stars
A lot of the defensive change is down to great coaching, we should really give JJ more credit
I once knew some schmoes from Frisco, they drove a 1973 Monte Carlo listening to a song about a kid named Cisco, they liked to play hoops at the YMCA , dropping dimes and free throws all throughout the day; these schmoes could beat these schlubs 3 on 5 and as they liked to say in 1973 that’s no jive, MJ is still the greatest of all-time .
I wonder how rockets fans feel like, realizing that KD isn't a true #1 option, and can't deal with double teams 😂.
It's almost like his best scenario would be on a team with someone that draws a double team just standing on the court 👀… If only somebody that had insane off ball gravity existed.
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Let’s go HAWKS!!! 🦅🦅🦅
Ayton needs to practice skills to improve his hands.
They own the head to head against nuggets and wolves, last game to break the tie vs houston up next
Luka's 9th in Steals and 31st in Stocks. Not saying that means he's a great defender, but he leads the Lakers in Stocks by a wide margin, so he's definitely putting in some good effort.
So turnovers and missed threes aren't a problem anymore with Luka? Funny how that changes ^^
This is playoff rehearsal miniseries for the Lakers. The refs were even calling it like a playoff game. Reaves was denied continuation on like 3 attempts. We get to make a game to game adjustment for Wednesday, it will be tough Sengun will be back and they will have play making in the post as opposed to none at all.
Imagine laravia gets his shooting back
Fins Up 🙏🏻
Everytime Reaves has a very but very shitty game. You wanna mention LeBron has to be better with Reaves off switches on offense. You always wanna add LeBrons name to Reaves poor play. LeBron yesterday was the best defender and made key defensive and offensive plays in the 4th quarter. LeBron only shoot 13 times and made 7 shoots. That’s above 50 percent. Reaves took 5 mores shoots and made 2 less. You do the math! Lebron had a good game. Reaves took a dump on the court. He was really bad so call him out has an individual he’s the 2nd option now right? O/8 for 3 won’t cut it!
Marcus Smart is a highly underrated player.
Marcus smart is gonna get one last big contract, and this guy looked like his career was over 2 years ago. Good on him
Ar needs to stop playing so much golf and put more work into his body
Jake & Rui are two of the lowest basketball IQ players I’ve ever seen 😂😂😂
Austin sucks vs length he was brutal last night just like he has with length athleticism. Mayo media making excuses again. Bron was 7-13 / 18-5-5, 1 TO Excellent for a 3rd option
mailbag: i know we all kind of agreed on lebron leaving the lakers after this season but if next season is truly his last season, do you think that the lakers would be his best shot at a championship? i feel like if he takes the veteran minimum so the front office can actually sign good players, and he plays that draymond green type of role that you’ve been talking about, they could have a real shot at winning a championship
Reaves has to study Steve Nash , to understand how to deal with defenders way more athletic than him