Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers are in a real, live playoff series for the first time in a couple of seasons, and it should be a barnburner! It's the Memphis Grizzlies, who have played quite well all season, save a mid-season lull. It's an intriguing matchup, to say the least. LeBron James and Anthony Davis as established stars, meeting Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., who are ready to emerge in the next generation of the NBA elite...

Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr, and the Memphis Grizzlies take on the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs. How will they overcome their injuries? Joe Mullinax (Locked On Grizzlies) joins Nick Angstadt  @LockedOnNBA  to discuss the state of the Memphis Grizzlies going into the NBA Playoffs...

Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr, and the Memphis Grizzlies take on the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st Round of the NBA Playoffs. How will they overcome their injuries? Joe Mullinax (Locked On Grizzlies) joins Nick Angstadt  @LockedOnNBA  to discuss the state of the Memphis Grizzlies going into the NBA Playoffs...

They didn't necessarily deserve to win, but got the victory anyway...

The Lakers were not good on Tuesday, all things considered. They were too loose with the ball, they missed too many wide open shots, they made some horrible, poorly-timed choices. And yet in the end, they still managed to beat a shorthanded Minnesota Timberwolves squad, 108-102 in overtime. With the win, they advance to the main draw of the Western Conference playoffs, and will face the Memphis Grizzlies with Game 1 on Sunday...

The Lakers haven't exactly been razor sharp over the last three or four games, but overall have gotten the job done. They have, to use Darvin Ham's words, stacked up wins en route to a seventh place finish in the West that would have seemed improbable six weeks ago. LeBron James looked great in Sunday's finale, Anthony Davis seems healthy, and the team is expected to be fully intact for the first time all year on Tuesday...

The Lakers are favored against a reeling Timberwolves squad. What are the keys to the game?

The Minnesota Timberwolves are in disarray going into the NBA Playoffs, what will happen to Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels and the Wolves next? What can we expect from Anthony Edwards & Karl Anthony Towns? Ben Beecken joins Nick Angstadt (@NickVanExit) to discuss the state of the Minnesota Timberwolves going into the NBA Play-In and Playoffs...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are in disarray going into the NBA Playoffs, what will happen to Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels and the Wolves next? What can we expect from Anthony Edwards & Karl Anthony Towns? Ben Beecken joins Nick Angstadt (@NickVanExit) to discuss the state of the Minnesota Timberwolves going into the NBA Play-In and Playoffs...

It wasn't a dominant showing, but the Lakers (again) got the job done.