Who is the biggest threat to the Thunder and Spurs in the West? | First Take YT Exclusive
On this First Take YouTube Exclusive, Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst debate which non top-4 seed in the East is the biggest threat to steal a series and the biggest threat to the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs in the West.
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lol the Lakers going 7 vs the Spurs is comical.
Blazers !!…. Portland picked up wins against ALL the top teams in the West. The Blazers shoot 50 threes & flop all over the court. If the refs are buying what Portland is selling, we could see some dramatic upsets
Lakers got served basically every single time in the regular season by those 2 teams. I don't think Lakers is a threat to them, but they are a threat to anybody else in the west.
The Lakers can't play defense, stop covering them
everyone is so over with the spurs, this ain't their year they are too young
Wouldn't the nuggets, timber wolves, and Lakers be the obvious answers. Nuggets took okc to 7 last year. Timber wolves made the finals the last two years. The only one that would really surprise me would be the Lakers doing it.
Only denver and spurs. Non1 else is beating them
If a team ain’t good defensively then you have 0 shot vs okc or SA. Defense travels poor defense helps when an offense is struggling.
LeBron haters are his biggest fans. Oldest player in the league and still talking garbage about him. Of course he isn’t what he once was he’s 41… and he’s still top 20-30. I hate it for yall when he retires
All I know is I don’t want to face a healthy Sixers in the East
Lakers being threats to spurs and thunder?? They're getting bounced off 1st round with their horrific defense..
Spurs smoking lakers if they meet up. If lebron was 4-5 years younger, than probably end in 5-6
How are we talking lakers again LMAO
Lakers since Jan. 1st:
7th off rating
16th def rating
11th net rating
To Since All Star break
15-5 W-L 4th in NBA
6th off. rating
11th def.rating
8th net rating
via Statmuse
SAS finally giving Lakers the respect. I agree with Windy that the 2 OKC games will determine how far improvement the Lakers had. Hopefully both teams play at full strength. If the Spurs keep winning I don't think OKC will rest key players because they are only ahead 2.5 games of the Spurs.
Stephen a pause he said jalen johnson nice size on em 🤣
Lebron became Draymond that gets buckets
Kelly Obre stinks
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Spurs will annihilate the lakers.
Only thing that will favor the fakeshow is injuries to their opponents
😂😂😂 No one is a threat to the Spurs. No matter how magical Luka is their roster is dog 💩 gtfoh…
Yo her eyebrows make her look trans
I just know the “lakers in 5” crowd is rearing its ugly head. Lakers best chance of making it out the first round is drawing Houston and whether in the 4-5 matchup or 3-6 I don’t think they have enough to beat nuggets or Timberwolves early. But Houston is beyond cooked
2:00 How many times has Stephen A said this? 😂😂😂
So Nuggets bottom 10 defensively = threat but Lakers mid or even top 10 since all-star break defensively = sus, cant trust defense. Got it!
lolol aint no way SAS said the Lakers are threat to anyone lollol…. they have no defense and Lebum will be tired
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Yeah ATL
Windy is the man
Dever vs Boston book it!
Coming from Detroit fan❤
Spurs next year
double luka problem solved
I always said the hawks
If Atlanta get to the 5th seed and play Cleveland I got Atlanta in 6