Lakers Lounge

Houston as a sports city owed Los Angeles one and hooooooo, boy, this feels good. Anthony starts with a very quick rant on the subject, then, he, Raj and Harrison relive the game, celebrate some of its individual performances and just generally sit in this moment for a nice little while.

Anthony opens the show with some, uh, honest thoughts about the city of Houston. From there, he, Harrison and Raj try to figure out how that game turned out the way it did.

Kevin Durant has been allowed to slide for bad situation after bad situation and this one is coming to a head. The guys discuss how it is Durant has just happened to land in these tough spots. Surely he has nothing to do with it whatsoever.

Rui Hachimura has launched plenty of takes during his time as a Laker but once again, he's risen to the moment in the playoffs. So Anthony asks Harrison and Raj about whether this run has changed their minds on a potential Rui return. The wrap with some final thoughts about the series.

Anthony and Pete react to the reports that Austin Reaves could potentially be returning as soon as tonight in game three. How would that look? How likely do they feel it is? Which adjustments do the Rockets have? Do the Lakers have counterpunches? All of that and a ton more.

Anthony and Pete go through the things they're looking for as the series heads back to Houston, now potentially with Austin Reaves involved and likely with Reed Sheppard playing a larger role for the Rockets.

Anthony and Pete quickly hit on the NBA refereeing discourse over the last couple days, then turn their attention back to this series to wonder whether the Lakers can actually end this series as quickly as possible.

Anthony and Harrison spend this extra off day adding to the discourse about NBA refereeing after Devin Booker went on a great tirade on the subject. Anthony makes the case this is the NBA's actual biggest problem and explains why it, like most things, reflects poorly on Adam Silver's leadership. After that discussion, the guys explain what's impressed them most about this Lakers-Rockets series.

Anthony plays a snippet of Devin Booker's rant about refereeing last night and that launches the guys into their discussion on the subject. Refereeing is bad, but, as they explain, the refs themselves are put in impossible situations.

Anthony explains how he'd fix refereeing in the NBA: If a rule or the interpretation of that rule would start a fight in a pickup game, then it's a bad rule and needs to be tweaked.