Lakers Lounge

This was a fun one. The Lakers beat the Clippers. Luka, LeBron and Austin looked great. Jaxson stepped up in more ways than one and the audience was down for a fun Q&A -- well, most of the audience was.

The Lakers routinely put the Clippers into spot where all they could do was hope Luka, LeBron, Austin or whichever open Laker was shooting would miss. That was a clinic. Anthony breaks it down.

The Lakers are winning but are lacking in a couple important aspects of the game and most notably in terms of athleticism. Anthony explains how the starting group has affect the amount of athletes JJ Redick can put on the court downstream from that group, then goes into the ways the Lakers can address this issue. He hits on other topics the live audience wanted him to.

The Lakers have 12 wins, eight of which happened on the road. They have managed to do so through most of the season without at least one of their stars. They can't make threes, either. If you want to believe in this team, there's plenty of reason to do so.

Unfortunately, if you're a skeptic, there's reason to doubt, too. Anthony explains where he sits on this team, then dives into the mailbags.

To quote the great philosopher Darius Soriano, yes and no.

A listener wanted to know what the Lakers might do with Rui Hachimura and Anthony explains that, while he certainly has fans within the organization, he's not off the table.

Anthony and Raj break down a relatively ugly win in which the Lakers showed very clearly they didn't respect the Jazz. They guys discuss the starters continuing to start slow, the Lakers' point differential continuing to hover far lower than their competition and some of the reasons why that has been the case. They celebrate what they saw from Maxi Kleber then share their concern for Austin Reaves' shot diet. Also, Coach Carter was brought up.

Anthony and Raj, like most fans, walked away from this game pretty underwhelmed. They discuss what was going on and a stat that Anthony is starting to notice more and more.

Anthony has been paying closer attention to the first shots Austin is taking every game and that needs to get better. With Luka and LeBron also out there, there should be no need for Austin to take so many grenades.

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