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but a herky jerky win! Good start of the 6 game set.

Add one to the win column ✔️ pic.twitter.com/2GVA4Hb8WD— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 8, 2026

…it’s more about the matchup. I don’t wanna see OKC, Spurs, or a healthy Nuggets squad in the 1st round. That’ll be almost a guaranteed 1 & done due to the advantage they all have over us at the center spot but also the type of guards they have who can smoke Luka & Reaves on the perimeter with their dribble drive penetration.

But I think we have a decent shot to take down the Rockets. They don’t have a traditional PG who can burn us and they haven’t been right since they lost Adams for the year. Wildly inconsistent. It does us no good to get to the 3rd seed but have the Nuggs with Gordon & Watson back on the court at 6th as our reward. We saw what the 3 seed got us last year.

We’ve got 2 games coming up against HOU and it’ll be interesting to see how we look with the season quickly winding down.

Hard to get a read on MIN as well…

DONCIC'S DEFENSE IS GETTING BETTER!For season to date, Luka's defensive rating is 116.2, which ranks behind every rotation Lakers except Deandre Ayton, Jake LaRavia, or Gabe Vincent. You can reasonably say Doncic's defense has been poor.Here are his defensive rating and rank… https://t.co/gCZ79F5s4M pic.twitter.com/lMMsOTAFjQ— LakerTom (@LakerTom) March 8, 2026

Luka Dončić’s defense is improving, even if no one wants to talk about it https://t.co/ZQ942uPhRB— Silver Screen and Roll (@LakersSBN) March 7, 2026