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NBA playoffs 2025: Lakers are cooked, OKC is unbeatable and the rest of the overreactions from opening weekend

The first two days of the NBA playoffs are in the books.

So naturally, human nature dictates we're all ready to make sweeping conclusions to the point where we don't even have to finish the rest of the postseason, right?

As you can probably guess, it's time to look at some initial overreactions based on the postseason's opening weekend.

Lakers have Charlotte Bobcats-level depth

Oh, boy. That was unexpected. At home, with Luka Donu010diu0107 in his playoff debut for the Lakers, and the Showtime crew dropped the ball.

Jaxson Hayes proved to be unplayable, and the bench production checked in with just 13 total points, five of which came in garbage time off Dalton Knecht.