LeBron Is Tired. The Rockets May Soon Be Too. FiveThirtyEight’s NBA podcast discusses the effect of fatigue in the conference finals and the NBA’s national anthem policy.

Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On Thursday’s show (May 24, 2018), Neil, Kyle and Chris discuss the conference finals yet again. Just how magical is Boston’s home-court advantage? Just how tired is LeBron James? Is the Rockets’ bench too thin for the starters to stay fresh? And what’s with Kevin Durant’s shot selection?

The crew also talks about how the NFL’s new national anthem policy differs from the NBA’s in fewer ways than you might think.

The Lab will be back with another episode next week. In the meantime, keep an eye on FiveThirtyEight’s NBA predictions, which are updated after every game.