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Bayern Munich are playing chess while everyone else plays checkers. Vincent Kompany rotated heavily against Heidenheim, keeping just five players from the Paris battle — Tah, Musiala, Laimer, Pavlovic, and Stanisic. The message is loud and clear: the Champions League clash with PSG is the real prize.
Meanwhile in Houston, the fallout from Kevin Durant's burner account leak is still reverberating through the Rockets locker room. Details are emerging from a tense team meeting following their first-round playoff exit, raising real questions about chemistry and trust heading into the offseason. That's a franchise with some serious internal work to do.
And LeBron James is not done talking. Ahead of the Lakers' second-round push, the King made it clear the mission has not changed, despite wrestling with Father Time all series long. He packed up the Rockets in Game six and now he's locked in, focused, and apparently unbothered by the calendar.
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