Episode 197 – A Real Life Dodgers Winning Streak? | Blue Heaven Podcast

Giants to face rival Dodgers in NLDS: It's the first time two teams with 105+ wins have ever met in the postseason. by Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

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Which Young Laker Has the Most Upside? And What Can the Lakers Learn From the NBA Finals?: On the one hand, the Lakers entered the final minute with a real chance to win in three of the four games they lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Denver Nuggets. On the other... they lost all of them. And while you could argue it means the gap between Denver and LA isn't as big as 4-0 might indicate, there's still definitely a gap. How big? The NBA Finals, which kicked off Thursday, might provide a clue. Both to how the Lakers stack up against the Nuggets, but where they might fit in that next tier of contenders, and how crowded that group might be. One thing that will help close the gap next year? Internal improvement. Assuming the Lakers bring back the expected group of players, a lot of attention will be given to the relative youth of the supporting cast. Generally, young players are talked about as having "upside." Often, teams have a couple prospects that they hope will become fran by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Four-Round Los Angeles Chargers Mock Draft Built Around Bijan Robinson: Bijan Robinson is a special running back prospect, but if the Chargers go RB in round one they will have to fill bigger needs later in the Draft. Today's four-round mock has Los Angeles taking Texas' explosive back and still finding help for both sides of the ball. Luke Musgrave and Darnell Washington are two enticing options and the guys make their cases for the Chargers take one of them at pick 54. With RB and TE out of the way your hosts find some speed receiver options in rounds 3 and 4. Could they go will small speedsters Nathaniel Dell or Jayden Reed? Size has scare the Chargers of similar production. Dan and David also take a look at the mid round edge rushers who could get a chance to learning behind Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off y by Locked On Chargers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Chargers

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Episode 207 – Dodgers Embarrassed in San Diego and Missing Intensity | Blue Heaven Podcast: We talk about the perceived lack of intensity from the Dodgers' side of the rivalry with the Padres and welcome ESPN's Buster Olney to chat about where LA is at coming off an embarrassing sweep. Plus, Buster dives into the latest with MLB's sticky stuff enforcement and what it could mean for the future of baseball this winter with the Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring after the season. by Dodgers Nation Podcast Network

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The Lakers Overcome 25 Point Deficit, Beat Trail Blazers 121-112 Behind 37/11/4 From LeBron James: They always say that basketball is a game of runs. The Lakers and Blazers took that to some serious extremes Sunday night in Portland. The Lakers got out to an 18-4 lead, and were then outscored 57-28 over the rest of the half, including 45-13 in the second quarter, the worst Q2 point differential in franchise history. LA came out of halftime, though, and plastered Portland, winning the third quarter by 20 points before running away with things in the fourth. As a result, the Lakers get their second big win of the weekend, and keep themselves in that tight bunch of teams muddying up the middle of the Western Conference. LeBron James was huge, particularly in the second half, finishing with 37 points on only 24 field goal attempts, along with 11 rebounds, four dimes and two blocks. But he had plenty of help. Thomas Bryant scored a career high 31 points on only 15 shots, Dennis Schröder pou by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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SF Giants' future looking brighter with emergence of Joey Bart, Camilo Doval: Bart and Doval have taken big leaps forward in the past few weeks, and it's cause for legitimate excitement. by Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

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Can LeBron Pressure the Lakers into a Big Trade at the Deadline? Will D'Angelo Russell move?: The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, and for the time being at least things are looking kinda quiet. The Lakers are still connected to just about every player on the market (Atlanta's Dejounte Murray, Toronto's Bruce Brown, Chicago's DeMar DeRozan, Brooklyn's forward combo of Dorian Finney-Smith and Royce O'Neale) but that doesn't necessarily mean there will be much action. It's a seller's market, and the prizes aren't automatically worth a major premium. In a perfect world, the Lakers could add one of the players above without giving up a significant member of the rotation (or critical draft capital), but that's not the world in which we live. So will they make a deal for Murray, and send (likely) D'Angelo Russell packing (again)? Could they pull smaller deals to add depth and make a run basically with what they've got? How aggressive should they be? On the one hand, they've got a little momen by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Will Darvin Ham Keep the Same Lakers Rotation, Even as Players Return From Injury?: The Lakers managed to turn some bad mojo into good vibes heading into the break, and not surprisingly it was built at least in part around not just consistency in the rotation, but a type of consistency that played towards the preferences of the players on the roster. Of course, all (or at least much) of this happened with certain guys, namely Max Christie and Cam Reddish (let alone Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent) unavailable. That simplifies things for Darvin Ham. But they won't stay simple forever. Reddish and Christie are both expected to be back if not on Thursday when the Lakers kick off the "second half," soon after. They've both played real roles in the rotation to this point in the season. What does Darvin do when they're available again? What should it look like? Which players ought to play? How does Spencer Dinwiddie's presence impact all of this? Meanwhile, the Lakers don't have the flexi by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Machado Comes Through by Locked On Padres - Daily Podcast On The San Diego Padres

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Dodgers Sweep Giants, David Price Might Retire + Pitching Injury Updates by Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

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Lakers vs. Nuggets: A Rivalry Brewing? Plus, Bold Predictions for the 2023-2024 NBA Season: The Lakers kick off the 2023-24 NBA season tonight in Denver, and nobody on either side wants to make it a big thing, or add significance to the game, or talk about bad blood or certainly not to call it a rivalry. Which, as it turns out, is the best sign it's a rivalry. And after all, the Nuggets -- especially head coach Mike Malone -- spent plenty of time talking about the Lakers in the wake of their title run. The Lakers had knocked them out a couple years earlier, too. And while they tried not to make a thing of it, the Lakers (from Austin Reaves to Darvin Ham) have had some stuff to say about the stuff that was said. In short, yeah, it's a game that means something a little more for both teams. WHICH IS AWESOME! The Lakers have been woefully short on fun rivalries over the last few years, whether because of down seasons or up seasons that came in the midst of pandemics and thin-to-non-existe by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Can the Lakers Take a 2-0 Lead vs. Warriors? Players Like Schröder and Russell Will Need Big Games: In the first round, the Lakers went up 1-0 against Memphis, and had a golden opportunity to win Game 2 with star Grizzlies guard Ja Morant on the sidelines. Instead, they played a horrible, indifferent game and blew a great opportunity. There are many, many reasons to believe LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the rest of the Lakers won't make the same mistake again in San Francisco. For starters, there are an AWFUL lot of people watching this series, and vanity can be a powerful motivating tool. But more than that, this series is just a little too special for either team to show that level of indifference. Expect the Lakers to play hard. But can they play this well again? Can they keep the free throw disparity large? Can the Lakers finally have a good shooting game? The Warriors are asking themselves similar Q's, and will undoubtedly come out as if their season depends on a win, because fr by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Do the Lakers Have Even More Upside? Can They Keep Getting Better vs. the Nuggets?: All things considered, we really haven't had a lot of time to learn about these Lakers. Yes, some of the team has been there all year, but the crew we've seen in the playoffs is a creation of the trade deadline, and even then the number of games played with the core together has been limited by injuries to LeBron James, Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell. So while we likely won't see a true top end for this team that would come with a training camp and a season of seasoning, there is definitely room still for improvement. The Lakers have already beaten the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies and defending champion Warriors, both as the road team and both in (by NBA playoff standards) relatively easy fashion. Add in the fact that James and Davis are now 6-0 in playoff series as teammates when both have been healthy and available throughout, and there is plenty of reason to believe the Lakers can, and even wi by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Are Dante Fabbro and Alexandre Carrier Still Part of the Nashville Predators' Future? by Locked On Predators - Daily Podcast On The Nashville Predators

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Lakers Lose Game 3, 112-105, Now 3-0 vs. Nuggets. Is a Sweep Inevitable?: Let's face it, the Lakers put themselves in a position where winning their series against the Denver Nuggets would be very, very, VERY challenging after they blew a 20-point lead in Denver to fall down 0-2. But to even have a shred of hope, Game 3 had to be a win. It wasn't. The Lakers dropped yet another game to the Nuggets, this time by a 112-105 final score. Once again the Lakers got off to a solid start, going up by as much as 12, and once again Denver came back. In relatively short order, the Nuggets ate up the deficit and built themselves a lead. And given how much trouble the Lakers have had scoring points this series, the idea they could make up a 10-plus point gap felt... unlikely. For LA, Anthony Davis, like he did in Game 1, did his part and then some, finishing with 33 points and 15 rebounds. LeBron James was solid (26/6/9), but three turnovers—including two in a critical stretch in the third by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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NBA Trade Deadline Day! What if the Lakers Do Nothing? Plus, Kobe Bryant Statue Unveiling: Wednesday was a very quiet day on the NBA trade market. A couple minor deals, none of which had anything to do with the Lakers. Meanwhile, those with their ears to the rumor mill seemed to come away with the feeling that the odds of a significant deal going down for the Lakers are diminishing. To some degree, that's a reflection of the market. There aren't a lot of high profile players left to deal. Dejounte Murray from the Hawks, still very much tied to the Lakers, is the headliner. After that, it's Bruce Brown? Pick a Bogdanovic? Some years the market is slow. This is one of them. That won't keep people from reading as much into the tea leaves as possible, as evidenced by the online saga around D'Angelo Russell's... was it a surgery? A procedure? A treatment? There was suddenly a great deal of concern about how he was listed on the injury report... for a game happening after the deadline. 'Tis by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Dodgers Lose 3 of 4 to Phillies But Salvage Weekend with Walk-Off by Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

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Brewers are back after an off day for a HUGE weekend with the Cubs by Locked On Brewers- Daily Podcast On The Milwaukee Brewers

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How Does Jarred Vanderbilt's Injury Change the Lakers' Rotation, and Plans at the Trade Deadline?: It's a very, very busy week in the NBA with the trade deadline coming up on the 8th. And, of course, that means the Lakers tied to any available player on the market, because that's how this works. But while before the chatter was built mostly around Atlanta guard Dejounte Murray, the Lakers now have to fill a massive hole left by the injury to Jarred Vanderbilt. The Lakers now have a gaping hole to fill, in addition to any improvements they want to make in the backcourt, or anywhere else. And the stuff they have available doesn't change. It's one pick, it's D'Angelo Russell, it's (maybe) Rui Hachimura and an injured Gabe Vincent, plus whatever appeal guys like Max Christie and Jalen Hood-Schifino might have. So which holes do they try to fill? Do they keep more assets for this summer, roll the dice on this year and hope for the best? It's not an easy time to be Rob Pelinka. Meanwhile, on by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Darvin Ham Says the Lakers Have a Championship Caliber Roster. Is He Right?: Not that you'd expect otherwise, but Darvin Ham was talking up the Lakers roster earlier this week with Mark Medina of The Sporting Tribune. Ham says the Lakers absolutely have a roster capable of winning an NBA championship. Not that he was saying the Lakers should be prohibitive favorites or anything, but that they've got the pieces to get it done. So is he right? Or is this just a coach delivering the normal platitudes you get in July? It's hard to argue with his premise. The Lakers, after all, are coming off a Western Conference Finals appearance, and even if you don't think they radically improved this offseason, they certainly didn't get any worse. (And realistically, while the improvement wasn't massive - that sort of transformative thing wasn't really available to them - they enter the season with a more balanced roster than last season and the opportunity to build with continuity. That continuity thin by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Is Darvin Ham to Blame for the Lakers Being Down 0-3 vs. Denver? Should he Bench D'Angelo Russell?: It took a few minutes, but Darvin Ham had finally seemed to build up a little bit of goodwill with Lakers fans through the first two rounds of the playoffs. Well, a big chunk of that has been eaten away by the results of the first three games of the team's Western Conference Finals series against Denver. Facing an 0-3 hole and the chances of getting swept tonight at the Crypt in Game 4, scrutiny has again returned in a big way. Is Darvin making the right moves? Is he pushing the right buttons? Is he pulling the right levers? The answers to questions like these really depend on your view of the roster as a whole, and how the Lakers match up against a very, very good Denver team. At the core of these discussions is D'Angelo Russell, who has been horrible through the first three games of this series. Most fans want him benched, if not yanked from the rotation. Ham shortened his minutes cons by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Craig Kimbrel Loses Game and Maybe Spot on Playoff Roster? by Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

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Is a Kyrie Irving/D'Angelo Russell Sign-and-Trade Already Off the Table? Plus, is Rui For Real?: It might have been a holiday across the US this weekend, but that doesn't mean it was a holiday for the NBA's rumor mill. To wit: Marc Stein, on his Substack, reports that the Dallas Mavericks have zero interest in building a sign-and-trade around D'Angelo Russell that would result in Kyrie Irving finding his way to Los Angeles. Now, the Mavericks certainly have no incentive to make any interest public (would be horrible for their flexibility/negotiating position), but at the same time, the idea they'd want Russell as a potential replacement for Irving at a time where they're trying to make Luka Doncic as happy as possible? Seems a little far fetched. So if Russell isn't going to Dallas in an S/T, does that mean he's likely to stay in LA, even after a terrible Western Conference Finals? That depends a lot on how much money he's offered on the open market. It won't be a max- nobody's giving by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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Episode 798 - Three Up, Three Down: Kaiden Guhle is injured edition: Scott recaps the weekend games against Anaheim and Vegas, plus the Habs injury crisis continues. by Locked On Canadiens - Daily Podcast on the Montreal Canadiens

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Previewing Lakers vs. Grizzlies. Ja Morant or LeBron James? Jaren Jackson Jr. or Anthony Davis?: 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. But what else is going on, here? How are the Grizzlies going to match up against LeBron and A.D.? Is Dillon Brooks the key to the series? What about the Lakers role players? How much will L.A.'s perimeter shooting impact what we're going to see. Can Austin Reaves, Malik Beasley and the rest hit enough shots to force Memphis to play things straight defensively? The ability of either team to do damage in transition could be a huge factor, as neither team is exactly elegant in the half by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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The Lakers are Chasing the Kings in the West. How Legit Is Sacramento? Guest: Matt George!: The Lakers, definitely without Anthony Davis and possibly without Austin Reaves and Russell Westbrook, face a Sacramento squad Wednesday that might be without star center Domantas Sabonis and veteran forward Harrison Barnes. So maybe the Lakers catch a break, maybe they don't, but either way the game represents the changing nature of the Western Conference, where upstarts like Sacramento, New Orleans and Utah are making unexpected noise early. So what should Lakers fans make of the newly competent Kings? Is this a group with staying power? Assuming they have a full lineup, how will they attack the Davis-less Lakers? Joining us to break it all down is Matt George, host of Locked On Kings. We start with the team. What accounts for the turnaround? There are a few factors, but it chief among them is the play of Sabonis, who is the focal point on both ends and has been posting cartoonish numbers, par by Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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The Dodgers Cannot Figure Out the Pirates and Lose Again by Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

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Tony Gonsolin Signs Extension + Freddie Freeman Believes in the Dodgers by Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

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Dodgers Lose Series to Rays, Starting Pitching Situation Looking Bleak by Locked On Dodgers – Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Dodgers

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SF Giants fortunate to leave Yankee Stadium with a win—and that's okay: The Giants were shut out twice, and nearly imploded in the ninth inning of their win on Saturday. by Locked On Giants – Daily Podcast On The San Francisco Giants

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Episode 197 – A Real Life Dodgers Winning Streak? | Blue Heaven Podcast

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