The Lakers enter a different kind of playoff picture as this year’s seventh seed, and it’s just yet another hurdle this year’s group will have to overcome to achieve a Herculean task.

JC & Ethan dive in to discuss the Lakers road ahead as a play-in tournament team, what will await them assuming they progress to a best-of-seven series, what the rotation should look like and who gets the short end of the stick, and the most important topic: The health and well-being of LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

Another title is the ultimate destination, but the road there is a much more challenging path than previously taken.

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