Lakers should consider pulling starters tomorrow. Without Luka and Austin, our chances of beating Rockets is much higher than beating Timberwolves. We have the tiebreaker. Lose and we play Rockets/Spurs:Thunder. Win and we play Wolves/Thunder/Spurs. https://t.co/moXuwOS6OY— LakerTom (@LakerTom) April 12, 2026
We can’t beat Timberwolves with Ant Man and two first team All-Defensive players in Gobert and McDaniels without Luka and Austin but we can beat the Rockets. Lakers should do exactly what the Nuggets are doing, which is try to lose game so they can play Houston. That is a no brainer. We will have to play Spurs and Thunder at some point but be much better to play Rockets than Timberwolves.