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By Joe Torosian

Kick it!

If you don’t know what “42-15-7” means…then you shouldn’t talk basketball…Just run along, back, to Camp Snoopy and wait for the WNBA season to start.

What is clear, if not for LeBron—I said it—this series would be 3-2 in favor of the Rockets, who are just faster and younger. If I’m J.J. Reddick, I put my team through the motions in Game Six, rest LeBron, and gear up for Game Seven at home.

I don’t have any answers for the Lakers in Houston tonight, but I do know the solution isn’t more minutes for Bronny.

The first Laker game I ever saw from start to finish was on April 21, 1973, Game Three of the Western Conference finals. The Lakers beat the Warriors in Oakland, 126-70.

That win was always my standard for a blowout, even more than the Memorial Day Massacre, until…the Knicks burned down Atlanta last night.

Sherman didn’t torch Atlanta as badly as the Knicks did the Hawks. At one point, New York led by 61, in a 140-89 victory.

Joel Embid has risen from the grave, and the 76ers have a legitimate shot to take Game Seven—third win—in Boston.

Embid just being functional with a healthy Paul George, a blossoming VJ Edgecombe, and a superstar in Tyrese Maxey…should make people rethink how far Philly could go…Especially if they dispatch the Celtics.

#36—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…

If you want to check out the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Angels tonight in Anaheim, $21 will get you a seat in the View Section.

I’ve sat in those seats, and it’s like not even going to a game. Hence, I would take on other challenges at the Big A.
(Ask me sometime about Juan Beníquez, a 3-run homer, and extra innings versus the Brewers)

We know anything is possible with the Rams. And because the Rams have a strong culture, even a problematic player like OBJ can come in and be a good soldier… but Stefon Diggs feels like a bit much.

A report surfaced that Chase Claypool was working out for the Green Bay Packers. If anybody ever sabotaged their career, it was Claypool, but if he doesn’t sign with the Packers and his head is screwed on straight, I wouldn’t mind seeing the Rams taking a swing at him.

Now that the NFL Draft has passed…Be suspicious when someone bangs the drum about a particular player being the steal.

Say hello to Tre Hodges-Tomlinson.

Tomlinson, waived yesterday by the San Francisco 49ers, was a sixth-round pick out of TCU by the Rams in 2023. When he was taken, all the postscripts to the draft reported the Rams got a first-round talent at corner.

“If Hodges-Tomlinson was three inches taller and 20 pounds heavier with the same skill set he has now, I don’t think there’s any question that he’d be the top cornerback in this draft class, and perhaps the top non-quarterback.”—USA Today’s Doug Farrar 

Note to Colin Cowherd: The Raiders weren’t Los Angeles’ team. Yes, they won a title. Yes, they had a niche they appealed to, but they were never embraced as a replacement for the Rams.

And anyone who was a Rams fan when they played in Los Angeles was still a Rams fan when they moved to Anaheim.

The Dude abides…

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