In Episode 13, Jovan Buha previews the Play-In matchup between the No. 8 Los Angeles Lakers and the No. 7 New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

Jovan goes through additional notes from the regular-season finale, the season series numbers between the two teams, five adjustments for the Lakers, five adjustments for the Pelicans, and a matchup prediction, among other topics.

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Chapters:
(0:00) Intro
(1:36) Additional thoughts from the win over the Pelicans
(6:16) Season series statistical breakdown
(9:45) Adjustments preface
(10:47) Lakers adjustment No. 1: Spam the LeBron-AD pick-and-roll even more
(12:02) Lakers adjustment No. 2: Ruthlessly target Pelicans’ worst defenders more
(12:44) Lakers adjustment No. 3: Respect Herb Jones’ shooting
(14:15) Lakers adjustment No. 4: Tighten the rotation
(15:43) Lakers adjustment No. 5: Maintaining a sense of urgency
(16:51) Pelicans adjustment No. 1: Start Larry Nance Jr.
(17:59) Pelicans adjustment No. 2: Play BI more + run more offense through him
(19:43) Pelicans adjustment No. 3: Get Zion on the move
(20:46) Pelicans adjustment No. 4: Stop running pick-and-rolls at AD
(21:37) Pelicans adjustment No. 5: Target D’Angelo Russell more
(23:46) Adjustments recap
(24:41) Outro

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