James Harden went on the tab with their Frank Vogel and his coaching staff.

Do.

They made the adjustment.

They started trapping James Harden.

They started trapping them and mixing it up.

The Rockets are so predictable, they don't.

It's frustrating to watch them, because all you have to do is run them off.

The three rotate because you know they're not going to shoot mid range jumpers, which I could have counted 50 times.

They had a chance to pull up at the elbows and shoot floaters, but they didn't.

And the Lakers are waiting on the passes because they probably had about 15 steals where they're still in the corner, past from the three point shooters because they know it's coming.

Mike D'Antoni is not going to change this system.

Frank Vogel.

The Lakers made some great adjustments.

They actually went small by putting the Moors twin or Kuzma in the lineup and taking JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard out.

So the way that LeBron A.

D.

Rondo on this Laker team is playing right now.

I see them winning the night and I see them winning the city.

One thing quick about the mid range because this has been something that's been like a debate that's been raging to the Rockets changed the way they play in the playoffs, stop making high percentage bets.

One thing is, if they're going to give you the mid range, that becomes a good shot.

The reason that the philosophy has never take it in the regular season is because it's not really easier to hit than a three point shot nowadays, because everyone practices the three so much.

So for the same risk, you get more reward for the three, but in the playoffs, if they're gonna be running everyone off three and they're giving you the mid range now, the three point shot is a lower percentage shot for that extra point, and the mid range is quiet.

Is showing you, for example, is money, So absolutely D'Antoni should make that adjustment, and I don't even think that runs counter to the analytics.

Well, that's part of the problem that that that you know, that Tilman Fertitta has had with him in the past.

I think that's why you don't see uh, Mike D'Antoni with a contract extension and why it was incentive later in the terms of the offer that he received, because the kind of question marks that we've presented, you know, ownership has presented that as well, although Daryl Morey obviously is an incredible supporter of Mike D'Antoni, at least at that particular moment in time, if there is a legitimate argument, even a bigger argument in favor of what you're saying KP it is this LeBron James.

I could make the argument that LeBron James had a relatively pedestrian performance in Game one.

He wasn't that aggressive.

He only launched 15 shots.

He finished the game with 20 points and he was employed to be a bit more aggressive.

So he stepped it up in Game two, finished with 28 then had 29 in the first half of Game three.

So we get that even though LeBron James can have those games where he's not as aggressive offensively as you would like to see him be.

Nevertheless, over the last two games, he's had that.

Here's the thing that makes your point.

Kendrick, with the Clippers looking to close out Denver in five, the Lakers don't need to play around by having Houston hang around too long they need to finish that as quickly as possible because you want to make sure that you're not.

You're getting the same amount of rest as the Clippers are getting.

If you find yourself being exhausted going up against the Clippers, it could spell doom for you.

That would be the number one argument to make in favor of the Lakers winning tonight.

More so than anything else.

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