Speaker 1: The volume. So the Lakers stunned the Warriors in the
Speaker 1: Chase Center one seventeen, one, twelve, two or three thoughts. First,
Speaker 1: the Warriors, an old team coming off a grueling seven
Speaker 1: game series, looked uninspired and lethargic in the first half.
Speaker 1: They just made it really easy on Anthony Davis. It
Speaker 1: looked like practice. That's not an excuse. The Lakers made
Speaker 1: quicker work of Memphis won the final game by a blowout,
Speaker 1: and it was just an easier series for the Lakers,
Speaker 1: so they were more arrested. They've got younger bodies. They
Speaker 1: played with a ton of energy and intensity early and
Speaker 1: it was really I mean I I was surprised it
Speaker 1: was as close as it was at half and as
Speaker 1: close as it got at the end. So one of
Speaker 1: the things the Warriors have done with Steve Kerr is
Speaker 1: they adapt really, really well. So there are things you
Speaker 1: can solve in a series, and then there are things
Speaker 1: you cannot solve. The Warriors are a better shooting team,
Speaker 1: a better three point shooting team than the Lakers. They
Speaker 1: had twenty one threes last night. The Lakers are also
Speaker 1: much bigger. Jared Vanderbilt, Anthony Davis, the Lakers are much bigger,
Speaker 1: They're going to get more points in the paint, and
Speaker 1: sometimes they're going to win that volleyball match around the rim.
Speaker 1: So you know, analytics will tell you threes and layups
Speaker 1: beat twos. But when the Lakers have ten blocks and
Speaker 1: you're not getting any layups, it's just threes or nothing,
Speaker 1: you know that mitigates the analytics. So the Lakers are
Speaker 1: going to have more blocks. The Lakers are going to
Speaker 1: score more points in the paint in this series, no question.
Speaker 1: But you've got to make the Lakers work for I thought, again,
Speaker 1: I have the Warriors played with very little energy to
Speaker 1: open the game, and you know they're one of the
Speaker 1: things the Warriors need to do, and I thought did
Speaker 1: in spurts late Draymond's sort of started. This is when
Speaker 1: you face a team that's bigger, you want to get
Speaker 1: him out in transition. You want to run the ball,
Speaker 1: get Anthony Davis off the block, get him up the floor.
Speaker 1: And they started doing that and we're pretty effective on it,
Speaker 1: but it was a little too little. They couldn't do
Speaker 1: anything on the defensive end. So I think you can
Speaker 1: make changes in this series, but the Warriors are going
Speaker 1: to have to live mostly off threes because Kaevon Looney
Speaker 1: gives you very very little in terms of offense, almost none.
Speaker 1: And the Lakers hit just enough threes. Jared Vanderbilt, D'Angelo Russell,
Speaker 1: Austin Reeves, they hit just enough threes. So you watch
Speaker 1: the game tonight and your kind of takeaway is, man,
Speaker 1: this could be a lot lopsided series. But again, look
Speaker 1: at what the Warriors came out of, what the Lakers
Speaker 1: came out of, and also Deve Kerr, I mean, after
Speaker 1: Sacramento be the Warriors in Game one. The Warriors looked
Speaker 1: a little old and slow in that game and couldn't
Speaker 1: solve Sibonis or Diaron Fox. So if you're a Warrior fan,
Speaker 1: they got nothing from Wiggins tonight. Klay Thompson was short
Speaker 1: on half a dozen shots. Some of that is just age,
Speaker 1: he didn't have his legs under him. But if you're
Speaker 1: a Laker fan, you're thinking Jordan Poole, that's about as
Speaker 1: well as he can play. They hit twenty one threes
Speaker 1: and still we control the basketball game. Both things can
Speaker 1: be true. I think the Warriors, with equal rest will
Speaker 1: put up a better defensive effort in Game two at Chase.
Speaker 1: They have to and I also think Anthony Davis will
Speaker 1: be forced to work for his points. You know, you
Speaker 1: can't be too deferential to him. Make him block shots,
Speaker 1: collide at the rim, you know, get Anthony Davis on
Speaker 1: the floor, be physical with him. I also think it's
Speaker 1: imperative in this series as I look at the box
Speaker 1: score for the Warriors. Listen, you're gonna have to get
Speaker 1: like Jamichael Green played a little bit, but they have
Speaker 1: to figure out a way to get Jonathan Kaminga on
Speaker 1: the floor, possibly get Anthony Lamb. They just need a
Speaker 1: little bit more size. We know they don't score down
Speaker 1: low with Looney, but Looney and Draymond they're not gonna
Speaker 1: give you a lot of offense, although Draymond does other things,
Speaker 1: screen catalysts, passing, But I think you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: go into the bench and get some size. You can't
Speaker 1: just keep bringing out Moody, Defangento and Gary Payton. They
Speaker 1: need size. Wiggins also has some matchup advantages in this series,
Speaker 1: especially in transition. He's gonna have to take advantage of those.
Speaker 1: So I think you'll get a much more spirited effort
Speaker 1: from the Warriors. But the Lakers, size is gonna be
Speaker 1: a problem. They're gonna dominate points in the paint. They're
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot of blocks. And if you're a
Speaker 1: Laker phantom, you didn't get a ton. You really didn't
Speaker 1: this point in his career. Lebron is really a much
Speaker 1: better player with an extra day of rest. So you
Speaker 1: really didn't get a ton from Lebron. You got predictably.
Speaker 1: I said this on Fox Sports. Anthony Davis is gonna
Speaker 1: have a monster series. You know that going in. Just
Speaker 1: make him work for it. But if you're the Lakers,
Speaker 1: you've stolen home court advantage. It feels great. You have
Speaker 1: a mismatch in size, and Jordan Poole probably doesn't play
Speaker 1: that well the rest of the series. I mean, there's
Speaker 1: an argument that Jordan Poole kept the Warriors in the game.
Speaker 1: This thing got up to ten, twelve points, it was
Speaker 1: it was Jordan Poole and Steph hitting some threes, or
Speaker 1: this thing's a blowout. It's a fifteen point lead. So
Speaker 1: if you're a Laker fan, you feel pretty good about
Speaker 1: that because Jordan bulls. Jordan Pool's a really, really inconsistent player.
Speaker 1: I know everybody loves Jordan Poole. They're a little bit
Speaker 1: trapped as a franchise. I had said, and I've thrown
Speaker 1: this out there, lobbed it out there a few times.
Speaker 1: If Anthony Davis dominates the Warriors in this series and
Speaker 1: they get tired of Jordan Poole and they feel like,
Speaker 1: you know what, we've got to get some offense, some
Speaker 1: offense in the front court, I think the Warriors can
Speaker 1: make a run at Anthony Davis. I think the Lakers,
Speaker 1: knowing that Lebron only gives you about fifty to fifty
Speaker 1: five games in the regular season going forward, are concerned
Speaker 1: that Anthony Davis that's about all he can give you.
Speaker 1: They'd like to get younger. You know, do you want
Speaker 1: to trade to arrival. I'm not sure, but I think
Speaker 1: this is a really interesting series for the Warriors because
Speaker 1: with Lebron and Anthony Davis, you have NBA veterans. It
Speaker 1: felt like the Kings had the Warriors beat and kind
Speaker 1: of they shrunk at home. Just lack of experience, lack
Speaker 1: of wings scoring. That's one thing the Lakers have. I mean,
Speaker 1: Di'angelo Russell's bounced around, He's been around the league. Lebron,
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis been around the league. There's some miles on
Speaker 1: these tires. So this is not a young team. This
Speaker 1: is a team the Lakers that create matchup problems. They've
Speaker 1: got plenty of experience. Now they have a rookie head
Speaker 1: coach and as a series continues on, we saw Mike
Speaker 1: Brown and Steve Kerr in that Game seven. It felt
Speaker 1: like Kerr won the chess match over his former assistant,
Speaker 1: So I think coaching is going to be a big factor.
Speaker 1: The Warriors need to get the ball out in transition
Speaker 1: more push the pace. They've got to make Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: work a little for his points. But we have ourselves
Speaker 1: a real series threes against twos. Can't wait? How great
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