Kevin Durant missing it with a hamstring strain, but no problem.

Third quarter.

James Harden all a nice dish for Jeff Green, who throws it down hard in the Nets.

Take a lead and then they start rolling under five minutes in the third.

Harden.

No ball is going to get knocked around, and it's kind re Irving dropping the three and the Nets.

We're up by a dozen, and it would continue under two minutes to go.

In the third.

It's Kyrie again.

Another three.

He had 40 points.

He was nine of 11 from three point range.

Luke Walton says, We can't do anything with this guy.

Fourth quarter.

It's a 24 point game, and James Harden would get into the act as well.

He had 29 points.

14.

Aceh's 13 boards on the Nets.

Get another win.

I want you to hear what Stephen A.

Smith said about the Nets on first take yesterday.

My first reaction after hearing about Anthony Davis aggravating his right Achilles is that the Brooklyn Nets gonna win the NBA championship.

The Lakers as far as I'm concerned, are the only team standing in the way off Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden winning the chip that the number one offense in the n b A.

They're absolutely, positively unstoppable, and it's going to take an elite team on both ends of the floor to knock them off.

And on that note, I am delighted to welcome Jay Will.

Who joins us here.

Jay Williams from K Jay Z Coast to coast on ESPN Radio every morning.

Got a couple of minutes for me, and I appreciate it.

So you heard Steve say the Nets are going to win the NBA championship after the news about a D?

What do you think?

Look, I I think the Nets were on the pace to do so.

Everybody talks about greeny what they can't do defensively, but you still have to outscore this team.

If they're fully healthy, it will be interesting to see if they're able to make a play for Andre Drummond.

They're able to get a big even though they were able to get Noah Vonleh and I like the pieces Iman Shumpert were able to add.

But getting a guy like Andre Drummond, I think would secure them, actually winning a world NBA championship in the injury with a D or something you have to pay attention to at least give him a month off.

Injuries like this are critical for Bigs, who are 6 10 £250 who primarily play on the perimeter.

How they deal with this issue is gonna be critical to have LeBron James could win another championship at the A.

G is correct.

And so that's the thought I had as I was listening to Steve yesterday.

Assuming a D is healthy when we get to the end and I get, he's gonna miss some time.

And it may cost them home court and a season in which that probably won't mean as much as it usually does.

If a D is still there at the end.

Are the Lakers or the next the team to beat for the title?

In your opinion, even though the Lakers have won a championship last year, defending champions it's za Brooklyn Nets.

I've been saying this greeny since the trade happened.

James Harden is the point guard.

He's he's leading the league and assist Kyrie his job is just going to be to go score the ball.

Kevin Durant does not need to dance the ball for 10 dribbles in order to be effective.

He's a catch shoot, turn face type of player.

If they're able to pick up the pace defensively a tad, this team will win the MBA championship because they're that gifted offensively.

Meanwhile, there's one other thing about the Lakers I wanted to get into here because I heard you talking on that radio show of yours about this.

The MBA warned LeBron James and his teammate Kyle Kuzma about flopping over the weekend.

And they have some, you know, significantly minor fines that they could level in this if they decided they wanted to do something about it.

What is your perspective on LeBron James and the issue of flopping in the N.

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A.

I know I know where you stand on the screening, but I've seen LeBron James get beat up, and you know people are going to say, Well, yeah, you know, he's always attacking the rim.

Well, he's, you know, 69 £260 his body.

You're not going to see him take a force.

Do I like the acting?

No.

Is it humoring to me?

I think it's hilarious.

I love seeing somebody blowing LeBron with a piece of like, just there air their breath and he fades to the background.

So look, $5000 isn't going to change or alter LeBron's behavior in doing so, even if he were to get find another five times.

It's about trying to get the refs to make the call for LeBron favor.

That's where I am on it.

Listen, this to me is not a LeBron thing.

I understand we're paying attention to it because he's so famous and everyone talks about him.

But J will Flopping is a scourge.

We sit and we make fun of it and soccer all the time.

And now I'm watching a AU games.

And you know this because my son played a you thes kids air flopping when they're 13 years old.

J will We cannot be okay with this.

We cannot Well, not at the third senior level.

But when you start getting to the high level, I might.

That's what depending upon the moment, greeny.

Zubin is yelling at me.

I gotta let you back on the radio here.

KJ's every single morning coast to coast on ESPN radio.

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