But if you and you think that matters, it's a big loss.

They're all big losses at this point.

Now.

If you're on Lee worried about number one seed in the West, then doesn't matter.

That is locked up.

They would.

The Lakers would have to lose as many times the rest of the years they have all year already in order to not get the number one seed in the West.

But all of a sudden looked like they could catch Milwaukee.

And so show it.

Can we just show real quick with standings are right now?

Yeah, they would.

They would have been one lost by Milwaukee.

Now they're two losses behind Milwaukee, and they have that 25th of strength of schedule.

So you feel like to go?

They could catch them.

But if they don't catch them Stack, they're gonna look back to what the hell happened in that third quarter against Brooklyn?

You know, when we'd won 12 of 13 I think we're playing somewhere.

Invest back coming off the best weekend of the year.

We didn't play great in the first half, but we have a two point lead at halftime in the third quarter.

We just don't show up and those little things in the margins matter and in a game where they have the option to give LeBron rest and instead not LeBron go play, see if you can keep it going.

He plays 35 minutes, plays great despite the missed layup at the end, and it's like for what could have lost to the Nets without LeBron.

And so, yeah, I think it's, Ah, I don't think it's the sky is falling.

But if you're trying to catch Milwaukee, every single loss, especially losses when you're double digit favorite at home against Blow 500 team, they matter, Yeah, I mean, all these games.

Matty shouldn't lose the teams like this.

But me personally, I don't think it matters.

Whoever from the Western Conference makes to the final that they have home court advantage in that Oh, don't matter, I think, And the indefinite doesn't matter in the Western Conference that the Lakers play the Clippers, they're both at home anyway.

I just think they need to continue to play, will continue to keep their good field around the team, the good vibe around and continue to win.

They need LeBron to get healthy and get some rest.

It's easy to see all those shots and all of the lay up.

That was all fatigue.

Hey, made those sites off all season long, but they just they just need to focus, continue to grow and continue to have a good feel going to the postseason, that's all.

Did you like 80 taking that shot?

Yeah, he just made one.

That's a shot.

I mean, he's probably one of the best big man's three point shooters in the game right now, So that's my question to me.

I was like, Oh, no one's gonna talk about this.

I was like, Oh, we've got seven footers shooting threes to win games.

Yeah, I just thought it was interesting.

I don't know if it was Hey, are the Lakers built roster wise perfectly that this is this is your game winning three?

Yeah.

I mean, is there something there or we'll never get it for years?

Go ahead.

Darhk did it for years, and Dirks Dirks a bit of a unicorn, but LeBron did say after Sadie.

Oh, no, absolutely.

But just different types of LeBron said after the game.

That pass is being made, no matter who's standing there, you know, instead of its use of its KCP now, he they're only gonna put shooters around him in that spot.

You're not gonna have a veil or Dwight out there in that spot.

Rondo.

You're not gonna have it in the playoffs.

D J is not leaving Anthony Davis.

That's the layout for brought in the playoffs.

They're not giving up giving up and not give him the wide open three like that in the playoffs.

No, but nobody has a great point.

No, because you can't risk the loss of your down.

If it's a one point game, then you gotta collect.

But in a two point game, you'd rather risk the lay up in the game.

The bank breaking, game winning three.

I have a question did last night effects LeBron's N v P case at all because he was really sort of moving upwards, inching closer to Johannes does last night, moving closer.

My right.

I'm having Nick right?

Take here Well, I think it did positively.

How I just felt like at the end of the game is like all this guy can get a lay up if he wants.

He missed the layup like no big deal.

I just feel I felt good about it.

Yeah, great.

Take going by, E, but my hairpiece.

But But it's not my take on this.

No, Nick.

Right.

I understand.

I know it hurts when you are trailing.

Listen, Hey, We just had more primaries last night, right, Bernie?

Bernie's trailing you got you If you are trailing, you can't have pushes.

You can't have close losses.

You gotta have winds.

You gotta have win after win after win.

Now I know you don't think LEBRON is trailing in the M V P race.

You think he was already ahead?

I believe ya has been leading it all year.

And ya silly if you're trailing or even if it's close now, the stat line was excellent for LeBron.

What do you have?

2029 12 and 92 Great stat line.

He shot 55%.

All of that.

But your favorite by double digits.

You have the ball in your hand with a live Forget the past to pass the right place.

But that play before you missed the lay up and it's a narrative opportunity, right?

Had What would we have said?

If that's true, if he dunked that it when d.

J When d j If he doesn't come over and he ends up dunking it to put him in over time Or LeBron just dribble, dribble, dribble, take a step back three and makes it.

Then we're saying Wow.

Like what?

A culmination of a week without a tissue over the LeBron Yannis, I would've made it closer.

It certainly would have made a series of closeness.

Listen, I showed you yesterday.

Right now.

It's 55 to be honest, 40 LeBron 5% Chris Paul, I think would have been, like 52 4 d 40 37.

Something like that have been closer.

Chris Paul would've lost some votes because he didn't play.

Sorry, Chris, you're dropping out of the primaries.

And so so, yeah.

I mean, I don't think it helped him.

I think a loss hurts him.

Even if the stat lines good.

I don't think I don't think I hear the seven ball has no good.

John, this is out.

He's good.

His stats, like, say, the stats were solid.

He didn't lose that game.

Um, I don't think he heard herself to me.

Like I said yesterday, I think I think I got it locked.

Already locked.

I think you got a lot Even Nick writes that voting for I think a lot, but sometimes you guys talk about M V P.

And it's what the best numbers.

And then sometimes you talk about, well, who had the biggest impact.

And so now you're saying, Well, LeBron had good numbers, so it shouldn't impact him negatively.

But he didn't win the game for the well.

And so listen.

And his impact last night was the the hidden part of last night that actually matched the Lakers.

The Lakers for last few weeks had actually been playing really well when LeBron was off the court after early in the year, falling apart when LeBron was off the court last night.

They were a travesty when LeBron was off the court in the 35 minutes and played the outscored the Nets by eight in the 13 minutes, he said.

That's 1/4 basketball.

They were outscored by 10.

Their offense of rating with him on the court was 1 11 with him on the bench was 77.

77 is like a bad midmajor basketball team.

And so the so All of a sudden last night, the non LeBron minutes killed him.

Pardon me, but the other reason I think it does impact the M V P race is for folks that don't yet have LeBron and lead.

Ah, big part of his case at the end of the year would be could be Wow.

The Lakers finished with the best record in the MBA there in the Western Conference, and they had a better record than Milwaukee did that they now vote to me clearly a worse shot and finishing with a better record than Milwaukee.

Because a game that when you're looking at the schedule like, oh, that's a win home against Brooklyn, what didn't end up being a win?

That's a You gotta make that game up somewhere with a with a predicted loss, turning into a victory.

You know what we've been hearing that we haven't heard in a while?

Pretended to LeBron in this EVP race you hearme, orm, orm orm or coaches come out and say, Why are we not give in to this guy every year, more than any time that you're talking about more medium or coaches there, sanding now he got it locked.

He's missed it so many times.

I think people are tired of not having him in that conversation of him not winning the war with him being so great.

Coaches, air coming out and saying everybody's coming down, said, I think they're finally realized that this guy deserves this award.

Listen, I appreciate what you're saying, but just for America's coaches have boat see Steven Jackson, well known always in the bag for LeBron.

I, on the other hand, have been well known to be objective on this case, So I can't put Young.

Are you LeBron ahead quite yet.