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00:00We've talked about this series a few times here on the show, and I've said the Heat getting
00:10swept but covering three of the four games wouldn't surprise me.
00:13I'm a buffoon.
00:15How dare I, as a Heat culture respecter, suggest Miami would be swept?
00:20Here's the thing.
00:21There's a lot of people who respect the Miami Heat who figure they'll grab a game at home.
00:26Well, if that ends up true and Miami does grab one of the next two games at home, Jimmy
00:34might come back.
00:35And at that point, look, the Celtics would still be favored, right?
00:42I mean, the Celts are laying nine and a half tonight in Miami.
00:46If Jimmy was back, it's not like the game's pick.
00:48No, the line's still six, at least, if not more.
00:53But the fact that that's the situation that could be on the board, Boston up 3-2 with
01:00Jimmy Butler walking back in, is remarkable.
01:04And I know it's tempting to point and laugh at Boston.
01:07That's not the takeaway.
01:09Heat culture's undeniable.
01:11It's easy to see why Dame wanted to go there.
01:13Tyler Herro's wildly underrated and would have been by far, by far, the best thing Portland
01:18could have got back for Damien Lillard.
01:20Everybody was wrong about that situation.
01:23And Eric Spalstra is in a class of his own, really, as the best head coach in basketball.
01:28Late night, Lakers and Nuggets, we've got the Lakers now a three and a half point home
01:32underdog here.
01:34Last season, the Lakers swept by Denver.
01:36This year, they are on their way to potentially being swept again.
01:40They did, though, stay inside a would-be number of three and a half in game four.
01:44Lakers last year showed a lot of fight in that fourth game.
01:48Will they show that same fight tonight?
01:50I'm drawn to the yes, but boy, have the Nuggets been defeating.
01:55And also, if you like the Lakers, probably just going to look to bat first half, I imagine,
02:01for a lot of people.
02:02Three games, three first half leads.
02:06Three losses.
02:07Absolutely terrible.
02:08You know, the quick side note on all of this, just quickly, and maybe there's another spot
02:13we can expand on this.
02:15The Lakers have not listened to Le'GM enough.
02:20There's a lot of people who are re-litigating the Russell Westbrook decision.
02:24You never go half in.
02:25If you let LeBron make that choice, let him make the others, because guess what?
02:29D'Lo would have been gone, Ty Lue would be the head coach, but instead, the Lakers are
02:34here once again getting punished by the Denver Nuggets.