Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers - LAKERS POSTCAST Spurs upset Lakers 124-102

Episode Date: January 14, 2025

         Victor Wembanyama had 23 points and 8 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 13 points and 10 assists as the San Antonio Spurs snapped their 3-game losing streak in beating the hometown Lakers 126-102. Anthony Davis scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the loss, while LeBron James contributed with 18 points and 8 assists. The Lakers will look to get back on the winning side of things Wednesday night when they host the Miami Heat. ULTIMATE COLLEGE BASKETBALL HC •      If you’ve ever dreamed of being a college basketball head coach, this is your chance to step into those shoes! In Ultimate College Basketball HC, you control every detail of your program—from recruiting players and hiring coaching staff to overseeing training camps, handling NIL deals, and managing scholarships. It’s all in your hands!•      Here’s a special offer for Locked On NBA listeners: Use promo code LOCKEDONCBB (all caps) inside the game store to get a free boost for your program. It’s the perfect way to kickstart your coaching career. To download Ultimate College Basketball HC, just visit ultimate-cbb.com or look it up on the app stores. Ultimate College Basketball HC—begin your coaching legacy today!Gametime •      Take the guesswork out of buying tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Again, create an account and redeem code L-O-C-K-E-D-O-N-N-B-A for $20 off. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime! Open Phone •               Open Phone works through an app on your phone or computer and integrates with tools like Hubspot and hundreds of others. It also uses AI-powered call transcripts and summaries, so you’ll have a rundown of your calls and action items the second  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You are a Locked-on Lakers Postcast, part of Locked-on Sports Los Angeles, on the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Lakers return to the court after a devastating week in Los Angeles. Anthony Davis is the only Laker that came to play. But once again, the Lakers are a no-show in the second half. We talk about it all on the Lockdown Lakers Postcast. I'm Dave Pallet. Hey, this segment is brought to you by Game Time. Take the guest work out of buying tickets with game.

Time. Download the Game Time app. Create an account or use the code locked on MBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Again, create an account and redeem with the code locked on NBA for $20 off. Download game time today. What time is it? It's game time. So the Los Angeles Lakers, they lose tonight in a very disappointing game. Again, final score, 126, 102. Big things in Los Angeles this week. things much more important than basketball. Of course, our thoughts are with everyone that had to be evacuated, people who lost their homes, their property, everything that goes into the devastation of losing life memories.

So, of course, we're thinking of you. Again, if you want to follow Laker basketball on a regular basis on the Lockdown Sports Network, of course, you can. Brian and Andy do a great job, do a fantastic job on a daily basis. Again, I'm here to talk postgame with you, of course. It's a game, right? Just post game and games are supposed to be fun. What happened this week in Los Angeles is absolutely devastating.

I've been through it before in previous fires where I've had to evacuate my home and there is nothing worse than the fear of losing the home that you live in, that your family lives in. And I think for people who have been through it, for me, the toughest part was when you start to take pictures off the wall and you start putting as much stuff, you know, in the car as you can before you're thinking this is a possibility that you drive away for your home.

forever. So again, sports is supposed to be lighthearted. It's what is an escape from everyday life, whether it's going to work or for somebody that you're around that's not well. Sports is supposed to be fun. So when you say you talk about a Laker game, of course, it is a game. And this is real life. This is the worst part of real life of what Los Angeles has gone through over the last week. I will say this, since we're here to talk Laker basketball, I will appreciate your comments. We will add to it because right now, There are a lot of question marks about this Laker team. Question marks meaning like, can this team compete?

And when I mean compete, it's always about competing for a championship. Can they compete for the remainder of the year to be a playoff team? I mean, what are we watching right now as Laker fans? As Laker fans, it's extremely disappointing. Again, I've followed this team for a long time and, you know, been a fan my entire life and love the Lakers. I love the halftime ceremony with Michael Cooper. but what we saw today was ridiculous.

So let's start with something fun. Let's start with Michael Cooper. If you watch the game today, you got to see number 21 finally go up and get his number retired. And Michael Cooper has been a fan favorite. One of the first fan favorites I can remember because I started watching Lake of Basketball in 1980. Even though I know all the history of Laker Basketball

and how important Laker basketball is to me, just a quick background on me. I was born in Los Angeles, moved away, but I'd come back every single summer to spend time with my grandmother. And then I finally moved back to Los Angeles after six, seven years in Nashville, Tennessee. And right away, I was like, I got to get to a Laker game. And so I loved the Lakers so much. And I remember the very first game I went to. It was Dominic Wilkins.

It was Spudweb. It was 1986. six and the person who took me, believe or not, they had floor seats. And we're on the floor and, um, I'm a high school kid and sitting to my right is Rob low sitting behind me as Tommy Lasorteus. And my left is Jim Belushi. And I'm looking at Dominic Wilkins, but I'm looking at magic and Kareem. And I knew magic was a fan favorite.

Magic's my, my guy has always been my guy. I was Jersey right behind my head right there. Love Magic Johnson. And then I thought in my head, well, who's, my guy? well, who's the second best player on the team? Well, it's Kareem. And who's the third best player on the team? It's James Worthy.

Well, the fan favorite behind Magic Johnson, and it wasn't close, it was Michael Cooper. For Michael Cooper to stand up when Pat Riley was ready to put him in the game and he would take his warmups off and the crowd would all in unison, coop. And I was like, what is going on? Like, do people understand how good James Worthy is? Do people understand that Kareem is one of the greatest players of all time? But it was all about Michael Cooper. And I thought it was really cool. And so it was one of those for I watch it on TV and I would do the coop thing and I was

all in. And for years, number 21, the thought was he wasn't going to get his number retired. He wasn't a Hall of Fame. He wasn't a consistent all-star player. He was a great defensive player. And he was a six man. And are they going to retire his number? And you saw that number being issued all the time, right?

Kareem Rush, I was drunk around with my son. He's going to be really upset when he sees Michael Cooper's number. get retired. But that's all just tongue in cheek. It was so great to see Michael Cooper get his number retired and how much it meant to him. And he had to see that he grabbed a tissue and to see Pat Riley show up because the Miami Heat are in town and the Miami Heat will play the Lakers on Wednesday and hopefully we get a win. But the Miami Heat was playing across town at the same time, playing the Clippers. And Pat Riley didn't go to the game. And he went and he honored a guy who's done so much for him in Michael Cooper that it was great. And if you're,

like me and if you're around my age and you watch laker basketball when michael cooper played you remember chick her and just telling stories and how much he loved michael cooper and so all that was a flashback to a great player a great teammate magic johnson you know referenced it and he could have gone to another team and been a starter probably an all-star but he wanted to be part of the lakers and his laker fans we loved having him and he was not only a fan favorite he was a great player and so for the lakers to come out tonight and and not play well for a bunch of reasons, you know, for a bunch of reasons. One is you played one of the lesser teams in the league.

Spurs, I understand. You know, they've qualified for a playoff position right now, but the Spurs aren't one of the better teams in the league. And then at the same time, when you look at San Antonio and how they're up and coming, they're years away from being a team that really a team like the Lakers should even think about losing to. Let's win on Michael Cooper night.

This has been such a tough week in Los Angeles. let's win on a night when Los Angeles needs a win. And hats off to the Rams. I will say that because the Chargers didn't do anything to represent the city that's been devastated. And again, I understand it sports. But the Lakers didn't do it either. The Rams, they won tonight in a tough situation where they had to move the venue. Yet the Rams were able to pull out a win.

It was nice something. Again, something to take your mind off something for a few hours of the devastation of what's gone on in your city to say, you know what, the Rams had a nice win. So that's off to them. I understand it's football and we're doing a basketball show. But again, just curious, you know, what your thoughts are on Michael Cooper, the number of retiring. For me, it meant a lot.

It was part of my childhood and it meant a lot. For the Lakers again tonight to lose 126 to 102, we'll get into the game, I promise you. And very disappointing to see the way things went right there. So before we get into how they ended up by losing by 24. and how things fell apart. We'll mention a couple of different things here. First of all, I want to mention the sponsor, of course,

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2826. Now here's the deal. The Lakers actually got off to a really good run. If you watch the entire game like I did, the Lakers jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Now the Spurs wasted a little time. They tied the game up at 9. That was a little frustrating. Okay, when's the NICS Laker run coming. Well, guess what? Since the Lakers went on a 7-0 run, they were outscored 28 to 19 in the quarter. Anthony Davis did come to play tonight. He had 11 points. Austin Reeves had five. LeBron had three. For the Lakers bench, they had seven points. And so seven points in one quarter in the first quarter, I'm thinking it's going to be a decent night for the Lakers. Dorian Finney Smith and Gabe Vincent, they were the ones that scored for the Lakers in that quarter. So I'm going. Things are going to lead the

right direction. Victor Wembegama, he had nine points in nine minutes. And overall, you're thinking, you know, the Lakers can rally. It was just a bad first quarter where, you know, they got outscored 2826. So moving on to the second quarter, Lakers look like the Lakers. Like, this is why we turn the game on. This is why you're at the game. Lakers outscored the Spurs 38 or excuse me, yeah, 30, 3825. LeBron James Austin Reeves, they had seven points each. Lakers went on a 14-5 run over the last three minutes. They, again, led 55-44 at the half. And so to stretch your lead, I'm sorry, at 55-44 at the half, they were leading 62, 53.

But the Lakers are looking like they're on a roll and everything is going well. Then you have the Michael Cooper retirement ceremony and you're feeling pretty good about this team. Anthony Davis led the Lakers at the half of 13. Austin Reeves had 12. He had five assists. LeBron James had 10 points, five assists. Things felt like they're going our way. and going, this is going to be a win.

Lakers need this win. It's been a tough week. Lakers didn't look good in their last game. Lakers really needed a rally here. Lakers shot 55% from the field, 39% from behind the arc. Lakers out rebounded the Spurs, 2117. Lakers had 16 assists. The Spurs had 14.

Lakers had nine turnovers, which is high. Disappointing. Spurs only had five. Wimby, again, great. He had 14 points at the half. But the Spurs only shot 47%. from the field 33% three point range and the Lakers outscored the Spurs bench 14 to 6. Again, everything felt like it was going in the right direction for this team.

Third quarter, the Spurs outplayed the Lakers. 3627, they outscore, they outscore them. So in the third quarter, it's 89, 89 that's going to the fourth. But look, the Lakers' turnovers were brutal. Lakers had six turnovers in the quarter. How does that happen? Every night, it seems like we're talking about the same thing. care of the ball. Lakers aren't real aggressive on the boards. The Spurs are a tough team.

I understand to be aggressive on the boards with when you have Wimby out there who's so good. And so just a giant. But at the same time, when you look at the rebounding numbers, you'll realize the Lakers had opportunities. Wimbi Yama had 20 points through three quarters. Chris Paul added eight points, eight assists. Again, doing what he's supposed to do. I guarantee you the spurs are a surprise right now in that locker room, as the Lakers are going, how do they pull that one off? and also by such an impressive margin. Anthony Davis through three quarters, 25 points, 9 rebounds. And again, LeBron James had 14.

Austin Reeves shut out in the quarter. What happened, Austin Reeves? Completely shut out in the third quarter when the Lakers obviously need someone to score. We're going to get into this Laker offense and why they struggle. Lakers, though, through three quarters, made 14, three-pointers, which was a plus. Fourth quarter, a complete disaster.

Maybe the worst quarter of the season for the Lakers. The turnovers just kept happening. and things got out of hand. The Lakers needed timeout. And if you've listened to me to this postgame show all the time and talking about the Lakers, one of my favorite things is Pat Riley on how he used to use his timeouts.

He was a master at it. And to know Pat Riley was in the building tonight made me wonder, what was he thinking? How are you not calling timeout? I mean, if you recall, and again, this is going way back, I don't know how many young listeners we have and how many people are about my age, but Pat Riley wearing the really expensive suits,

let's go for the 22nd timeout. And for the Lakers, they don't call timeout. And they're saving their timeouts, and they're saving their timeouts. And J.J. Redick seems to not understand momentum, which is weird because he played under great coaches. J.J. Reddick doesn't understand how you have to stop the other team when they're sitting there surging

and your team has fallen apart. But yet he continues not to call timeout when the Lakers definitely need a timeout. and it is frustrating. It is frustrating. You know at home when to call a timeout. I know when to call a time out. And I don't know what to say.

Is it that he doesn't have the right assistant coaches? Because I guarantee you the players, and I mean the players that have been around this league for a long time. Anthony Davis is the LeBron James, the guys that are going to the Hall of Fame, they're looking over at the bench. Are you going to call a time out? Like we need it.

We are turning the ball over nonstop. We are giving San Antonio a tremendous advantage. If you're unaware, San Antonio outscored the Lakers 73 to 40 in the second half. How were you not calling timeout? How are you not stopping the momentum? And I want to give JJ Redick a pass so bad for a variety of reasons. One is I thought they needed a breath of fresh air when they got rid of Darbinham. But JJ Reddick's friends with LeBron James.

They had the podcast together. You know, is he the right guy for the job? At least it's someone that LeBron likes because LeBron is the reputation of being a coach killer, but this has gone on long enough. I mean, not saying you're firing a coach. It's January 13th. It's extremely frustrating to see that they have a head coach, meaning the Lakers, that doesn't understand the rhythm of a game,

that he has two big name assistants, and Scott Brooks and Nate McMillan, who are head coaches that don't understand the rhythm of the game. The Lakers do this all the time, where they don't understand when you need to call it, I'm not to stop the momentum of the other team. It seems like we talk about it. all the time that we as fans feel like we could run it better than the head coach. We have no business running it better than the head coach. It's not what we're qualified for.

And another disappointing situation, another disappointing loss. Not only disappointing, maybe the worst loss of the year when you think about it. For everything that this week had involved in it, maybe the worst loss of the year. So frustrating to see, again, what happened with the Lakers there and what the Lakers do to move forward. I can't tell you because it doesn't seem like things are going to change because what's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and that's what the Lakers continue to do. We'll look at your comments in a second and also we'll go through the box score, but it's extremely frustrating. When I mention the people over at open phone running a small business means you're wearing a lot of hats,

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Again, came to play, right? We've had criticism of Anthony Davis. Well, Anthony Davis came to play. Look like a guy that was on a mission. I think, you know, when you're going up against a guy like Victor Wimbabamba and you're going, this is one of the tougher guys to cover guard in the league. Anthony Davis knew he would have a battle. And he outplayed him.

I'll be honest with Anthony Davis in 32 minutes at 30 points, 13 to rebounds. Great night for Anthony Davis. All right. He only had two turnovers. He had two steals. He had two assists. But it was a good night. Two block shots also, by the way.

When he looked at Wimba, he had 23 points. So Anthony Davis outscored him. You look at the rebounds for Victor Wimbighamma. He had eight rebounds. Anthony Davis out rebounded him. They both had two block shots. But at the same time, which guys leaving the parking lot tonight happier? Of course, it's Wimby.

Wemby got the win, 126, 102. Wimby did his damage in 34 minutes. So for the Lakers, Anthony Davis came to play. What about the other guys? Well, you look at the other starters. He had Rui. He had nine points. Three of six shooting.

and 30 minutes. Not a lot of shots for Ruiz. LeBron, 18 points, eight assists, five rebounds, the highlight for him. Seven turnovers for LeBron. Seven. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. You look at seven turnovers, considering the Spurs only had ten as a team. Way too many. All right. Austin Reeves, 12 points in 33 minutes. Austin Reeves disappeared in the second half. Four or 14 shooting, two of seven from three point range. Even the free throws. He only had two of them. He was two of two. Lakers did not play well all the way around.

The score shows it. The Lakers straight out showed it. Max Christie had 10 points. Rui was only one, by the way, did not score in double figures. He had nine for the Lakers out of the starters. But overall, not the kind of game you're looking for for the Lakers. Lakers rebounds, 40.

You look at San Antonio's rebounds. They had 42 assists. San Antonio had 30. Lakers had 24. but the turnovers, Lakers had 18 on the night, 18. And San Antonio, again, turnovers, they took care of the ball. 10. I mean, so you look at the different possessions and you go and looking at the

turnovers and go, why does this happen? You don't take care of the ball. Free throws, San Antonio, they shoot 85% from the free throw line. What do we talk about all the time? You have to shoot at least 80% from the free throw line in the NBA. Lakers at home shot 62.5% from the free throw line. How does it happen? Right. How does it happen where, you know, in practice, they have all the basketball goals.

Everyone's sitting in your lineup with a partner. You're shooting your free throws. We all did it in high school. You know, you do it in college. You do it in the pros. This is what you do. They're free throws. They're free. You're supposed to make them. Lakers shooting 62% on their home court from their free throw line. How does it happen? It's the same distance as as before. I was so mad right there. I almost cussed at you. I was a little irritated. But yeah, it's frustrating. It's frustrating right now. So I don't know what to tell you. It's disappointed to see where the Lakers are at. And again, I'm curious to know what you think is Laker fans, what needs to be changed. Okay. So I said Craig right there in the chat. Hey, Craig, nice to see as always.

Craig also says Cooper was the heart and guts of the Lakers. He was a big part of it, right? Zero ego, right? When Magic and Kareem and James Worthier get a lot of publicity, it takes a lot to be a team player. Cooper's the ultimate team player. Do the Lakers have enough of those? Or do the Lakers not have enough guys that can put the ball in the hoop? Also, why does Rui start?

You know, there's a lot of talk. Does Rui belong in the starting lineup? You know, you look at the trade they just made with the Nets, do they need to make a move? Okay. Lakers, again, with all these turnovers disappointing, Lakers need to make a change somewhere. But as we hear all the time,

that the Lakers are in a situation. where they kind of their hands are tied. Now that you pulled off this move with the nets, this kind of was their big trade. Can the Lakers do something to create some kind of offense? I don't know what you're going to do. I don't know what you're going to do as far as with offense, with the Lakers offense to sit there and say,

you need to add a guy. I think they needed an offensive guy that was, hate to say it, either better than Doreen Phiney Smith or they aren't getting enough at a Doreen Phenny Smith. he's the reason why you brought him over. You know, Shake Milton again, doesn't play tonight. Dalton Connect five points, one of five shooting. Dalton Connect is so inconsistent.

It's frustrating to see him have his grown pains as a rookie. But for the Lakers, this bench right now isn't impressive. Gabe Vincent tonight, three or six and 17 minutes, he was your best bench player as far as the offense goes. But there's no one on this team bench-wise that's giving you double digits. We saw it in the Dallas Mavericks game. We saw a bench guy get 23 points. But for the Lakers, they don't have those bench guys that are able to do it.

Even the Spurs had a bench guy. Johnson tonight had 10 points for the Spurs. Lakers don't get double-digit points off the bench. I mean, speaking about Michael Cooper, who's a great six-man, Michael Cooper not only played great defense, but he was able to step in for a Byron Scott and become a great number two guard. Magic had complete faith in Michael Cooper. Michael Cooper, as we remember, the cupo loops.

But Michael Cooper was a great three-point shooter, too. And he was a guy that could sit there and stretch the other team's defense and open things up. I understand it's a different game where you fed the ball to Kareem inside, and people relied on the two points more than the three points. But Michael Cooper probably would have been a better player in today's game than he was when he played because he had the ability to shoot the three-point shot. For the Lakers, the offense stinks. Let's just be honest.

The offense is so inconsistent, it's not good. And for Austin Reeves, who had his 12 points and 8 assists and 5 rebounds, on paper it doesn't look like a bad game except for the fact he completely disappeared pointwise. The Lakers need guys to put the ball in the basket. And when you look at Laker teams that have won championships in the past, there's always been that spark that comes off the bench. They don't have it. Right now, I think you're asking too much from Anthony Davis and LeBron James to carry you offensively.

LeBron to have his game of 18 points and 8 assists and 5 rebounds at age 40. is not a bad game for a 40-year-old, not a bad game for a lot of people, but for LeBron and for the Lakers, we're looking at LeBron to get 32 to 36 points for the Lakers to have a chance to win. You're asking a lot, and that's where, again, you look at Rob Polenkin,

and you say, how do you not go out and get a more established score than Doreen Phenny Smith? How is that the best effort that you can do when you're pulling off a trade? So very frustrating for Laker fans, very frustrating for me, very frustrating for you, for the Lakers to be outscored, 37 to 13 in the fourth quarter, complete embarrassment. To be outscored in the second half, 73 to 40, complete embarrassment.

It's the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs are a 500 team. The Spurs are not, they'll glow in the city thunder. The Spurs aren't the Cavs. For this to happen against the Spurs team, completely embarrassing, and for the Lakers, things have to get better. Things have to change. I don't know.

I don't know what they see as far. as what you're going to see on Wednesday to see a change. I don't think you're going to see any difference. You're going to see the same starting five. You're going to see the same guys. The same thing over and over again when this team struggles and they have no identity. The Lakers still don't have an identity of what they are right now. And again, it becomes very frustrating.

So let's take a look at the Lakers in the standings. Again, you guys have heard the spiel before. We went the Lakers in the top four in the playoff picture. Right now the Lakers are at number seven. Lakers are the seventh seed right now. Here's how it works for the Lakers who they're trailing. They're trailing the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thunder of won nine of their last 10.

Trailing the Houston Rockets who are the number two seed, rockets of one four straight. Memphis is number three seed. Memphis is five and five in their last ten. So maybe they're coming back a little bit. Denver Nuggets are the number four seed. That's what we want to be. Nuggets is starting to figure things out.

They won seven of their last ten, three in a row. Dallas Mavericks seem to lose a against everybody, but the Lakers, the Dallas Mavericks have only won three of their last 10 games. And, of course, they have a ton of injuries. The Dallas Mavericks had no problem getting up for the Lakers. L.A. Clippers win tonight against the Miami Heat. And for the Clippers, they're the six seed, and they're your Lakers. You're right there behind the Clippers.

Lakers right now are the seventh seed. But watch out for Minnesota because they're right behind the Lakers. Sacramento Kings are now in the playoff picture. Sacramento is 20 and 19 at number nine Phoenix Suns in the playoff picture. guess who's who's right there they're same record as the Sons but they aren't in the playoff picture according to the recent standings the spurs are 19 and 19 so are the sons at 19 and 19 and 19 Golden State Warriors not in the playoff picture 19 and 20 all the talk that hey what about for LeBron asked for a trade and wanted to play with Steph hey how about the other

way around how about Golden State looking to get rid of some guys it would be nice to get some scores there's no way Golden State's making a deal with the Lakers by the way Portland Trailblazers, Utah Jazz, Pelicans, they're the ones that are on the outside. So, of course, that's the way it sets up. In the East, Cleveland, they snap their long winning streak, which is great because if you're like me, you want to see the Lakers with their 33-game winning streak in 1972.

You want to see that one hold up. Cleveland still, they've won nine of their last 10. They're on fire, 33 and 5 on the season. Celtics, 5 and a half games out, New York Knicks, eight and a half games out. And really those are the three teams, I think. People are talking about in the east, maybe Milwaukee, if they got hot. But it would be interesting to see what the Lakers can possibly do.

I know the Miami Heat has some players on their team. The Laker fans would love to see in a Laker uniform. Either way, Lakers bad night tonight, 126, 102, they lose at home to the San Antonio Spurs. Let's get this bad taste out of our mouths. Let's sit there and get ready to play on Wednesday against the Miami Heat. San Antonio, let's put them in the rearview mirror. Let's get ready for the heat on Wednesday night. Again, 7 o'clock tip off from crypto.

Let's see if the Lakers can get that win. And again, for the people that tuned in, just to get a little bit of a break of what has been a terrible week in Los Angeles, thank you so much for your time. Always appreciate that you're talking Laker basketball with me. But again, I'm Dave Pallet. You can follow me on social media. My name is right there in the corner of the screen.

And at the same time, we'll be back with you talking. Laker basketball. Again, every Laker show on the Lockdown Network, you can catch it right there, anywhere you can get your podcast. Brian Andy, every single day, Laker basketball. I'm here just for the post game, but otherwise we will see you Wednesday. And thank you so much for your time. And let's get a Laker win on Wednesday, so we have something good to talk about. Have a good night, everybody.