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00:00I'm Jill Painter Lopez for Sports Illustrated joined by Melissa Rowland and Melissa the
00:06updated betting odds are out now that we have a date for the NBA season to resume who's
00:12the favorite.
00:13The Lakers are the favorite.
00:15The Bucs are very close behind them and then behind both the Lakers and the Bucs are the
00:19Clippers.
00:20It would definitely be very interesting if the Lakers and the Bucs did meet in the final
00:25setting up a matchup between LeBron and Giannis.
00:28A lot of people are saying that this could potentially be LeBron's last chance to win
00:32a fourth championship even though he was having an MVP caliber season.
00:36He's 35 years old.
00:37He's in his 17th season in the league.
00:40And as you know Jill a lot has to go right for a team to be able to compete for a championship
00:44and before the pandemic the Lakers were really flying on all cylinders.
00:50They had the best record in the Western Conference at 49 and 14.
00:53So it's definitely a really good opportunity for the Lakers that the season is resuming
00:57really good opportunity for LeBron.
00:59This season will start on July 31st so there will be eight regular season games before
01:03the playoffs end and game seven of the NBA finals would be October 12th.
01:09So we have a lot of basketball to look forward to and LeBron's going to get a chance to see
01:12if he can take the Lakers all the way.
01:15Absolutely and certainly they were hitting on all cylinders as you mentioned having beaten
01:20the Clippers and Bucs right before the pandemic hit.
01:23So there are the favorites to win.
01:25Let's see if they can do it.