10 NBA Playoff Reactions: Lakers margin for error, Nuggets-Wolves adjustments, Pistons need help
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Jason gives 10 reactions to the first weekend of the 2026 NBA playoffs, including how LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers can match up with the Houston Rockets in Game 2 with or without Kevin Durant, adjustments Nikola Jokic and Anthony Edwards can make in the Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves series, why the Atlanta Hawks are struggling vs. the New York Knicks, how good Cade Cunningham has to be for the Detroit Pistons to compete with the Orlando Magic, and more.
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0:45 – #1
8:35 – #2
12:07 – #3
20:04 – #4
23:20 – #5
25:29 – #6
27:11 – #7
31:20 – #8
33:26 – #9
37:39 – #10
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My idea for fixing load management is anytime you miss a game for “injury” you have to take the next 5 games off. Also if you start a game and play less than 20 minutes you have to take off the next 5 games. This way if someone is actually injured they will likely want to miss this amount of time anyway
Thumbnail is backwards lol
BRING BACK JACKSON ON THE LIVE SHOWS
2 forced Lakers takes up front and no Celtics at all…big shocker
4 of Jamal’s free throws were technicals.
You said can Thomas had a problem scoring? You out ya mind.
Paolo processing was simply him catching the ball at the elbow or post instead of having to be defacto point forward
It would have been nice to hear a Celtics take…
What's crazy is brunson had a COLD second half and the knicks still cruised to a W. Knicks will win this series in at MOST 5
What game, if any do you concede the REFS cost a team a win with bad calls? 7 bad calls is not enough? Foul calls have a dampening effect more than just the extra points.
Anyone else think the Magic tanked the end of the season/play in to get the Pistons instead of the Celtics/Knicks? Like they lose the final regular season game playing their starters against the Celtics g-leaguers; get beat by the 6ers in the play in; and then beat a hot Hornets team and get the Pistons who they match up well against.
10 weekend 1 reactions lol
The bad call differential NEVER and I mean NEVER favors the Wolves in the playoffs…… It always favors the soft flop merchant popular players like Luka, Joker, Brunson, Murray, SGA, the whole thunder team, etc. etc. Minnesota should benefit from playoff basketball but not when the refs make it about them (which is usually any game against Denver, Lakers, and OKC
to many frickin ADS in your videos
Guy really has an axe to grind against Detroit in every single video. Pistons in 5.
I know the nuggets won game 1 so I can see why your adjustments are in favor of the wolves but I would have liked to hear your thoughts on how you think the nuggets could counter what the wolves may do in game 2. The chess match in this series is so interesting! It's ironic that one of the very few games in Murray's career that he gets 16 fta's (4 of which were technicals) social media launches an investigation into the fouls, when the wolves defensive game plan against the nuggets and specifically Murray IS to be physical and wear him down. While other superstars are glazed and defended by the media whenever they get 16+ fta's every game.
Yall heard what he said right ? I don’t care about illegal screens we want that. That’s why Draymond and Steph are such a great duo
For the Nuggets the adjustments are simple. Jokic comes out aggressive from the start rather than taking 4 shots in the first half. And the Nuggets make their wide open 3's. That was one of their worst shooting performances of the year on wide open looks. Had they made their open 3's at their normal rate that game is a 25 point blow out.
If your theory is that Gobert gives you the best shot at containing Jokic, but you also need a center to protect the rim, why don't you suggest two-bigs lineups? Put Gobert on Jokic and Reed on Gordon.
Twolves advantage has always been physicality. And Denver was more physical. Also doesn’t help that ant was the 3rd best player on the floor and still can’t read the floor 😊
You said Houston were good without KD by the numbers but the sample is 4 games lol
Dude. Your use of language is so much better on your own podcast than when you are being interviewed on someone else's show. In the latter context, your language degenerates into a lot of like, you know and well. This generally means that you're thinking faster than you can articulate, so you're slowing yourself down. Perhaps you're trying to make sure you get your point in before three other people jump down your throat. But you should probably talk to someone who is not me.
Julius Randle or Jabari smith- which one is more?
Here comes the new Klutch Sports clown.