(Lock Please) The LeBron James - 22-23 NBA Playoff Thread - (Part 3)

[TroubleS0me]

Here we are

Lakers tied 1-1 vs Warriors

Can the Lakers win 2 straight @ home?

[Heej]

Only if they give up putting 2 on the ball for GS power plays and hone in on slowing down their transition play

[MyUniBroDavis]

Only if they give up putting 2 on the ball for GS power plays and hone in on slowing down their transition play

If they don’t hedge, go back to the OG gameplan, and figure out how to beat ice (which they’ve done better at) and don’t play Vando as much during those times, they’ve got a good shot

[IG2]

All eyes on Ham and how he counters Kerr's adjustments in Game 2. At the very least team should be much better prepared for JaMychal's shooting and knowing what to do with Green after Curry gives up the ball from a trap. You have to think GS' 3pt shooting will cool off a bit on the road too. If not then this will be a short series.

[RRR3]

All eyes on Ham and how he counters Kerr's adjustments in Game 2. At the very least team should be much better prepared for JaMychal's shooting and knowing what to do with Green after Curry gives up the ball from a trap. You have to think GS' 3pt shooting will cool off a bit on the road too. If not then this will be a short series.

If Ham doesn't adjust, I don't want to hear anyone say he isn't terrible ever again.

[Baski]

I thought Curry was fantastic in this game. Not sure what the frontrunner talk is about.

AD just....... AD man.

I'm not as high on LeBron's first half as others. His shot profile looked more like Kawhi Leonard's than LeBron James. Sure you want him to hit that many jumpers, but do you want him to take that many jumpers? I don't see much in the way of getting him or the other Lakers actually good shots, which disappointed me.

Honestly don't think the Warriors will cool off much from 3. They were getting very good looks in both games and the Lakers seemed happy to give them those. The Bucks won a championship doing that so it's not bad per se, but they (and by they I mean AD) REALLY gotta commit to working the inside.


Didn't see this talked about much but.....am I the only one who was frustrated with the Lakers' inability to end possessions with a rebound? It's not like they were heavily outrebounded by the numbers, but it's really frustrating to see giants like LeBron, AD and Vanderbilt get outworked by Looney and a bunch of smaller guys like Wiggins, Curry and Moody at key moments. Maybe I'm underrating "Moses Maloon", but to see that he's consistently outrebounded AD over the past 2 games with his slow and lanky frame is just annoying.

[Mos_Heat]

I don't see them winning 2 in a row with their offense, unless the Warriors play their classic 20+ TO game in one of those

[trickshot]

Tbf Ham has been good all playoffs but at least for the rest of this run Lakers will have to deal with the growing pains of nurturing a new coach. Ham doesn't have to be good or bad for this to happen, it's just that many playoff coaches by now have battled Kerr for several years and have a frame of reference for what to try and what doesn't work when they make their go-to adjustment to downsize or abuse certain coverages by spamming handoffs. I thought there was no chance GS would get that many open looks after game 1. A lot of it is handoffs and screens. A t weamithout Anthony Davis/lebron will be looking at a sure sweep if they were slow to counter this. Giving up 21 threes back to back would have broken their proverbial backs.

[nzahir]

I don't see them winning 2 in a row with their offense, unless the Warriors play their classic 20+ TO game in one of those

We technically don't need to as long as we win after every loss....

I think we got this one tonight

AD shows up and I think we get a solid Reaves game for some reason (maybe off the bench?)

[JulesWinnfield]

With 6 rebounds tonight Lebron passes Kareem for 5th all time on the playoffs rebound list. He will almost certainly pass Shaq for 4th all time in this series too (needs 33 rebounds to do that)

[nzahir]

Time for Reaves to get his **** together, looks shook rn

This summer I want us to go and get a 2 or 2/3 who is an upgrade from Reaves if possible or someone who is somewhat interchnageable

[dreamshake]

Only half a quarter in but Reaves has been terrible on both ends again so far tonight.

[IG2]

Weird to see Reaves so shook. Has always struck me as very tough mentally. But he was also undrafted, is only in Year 2 and has shown ridiculous improvement already. Gotta temper my expectations, I guess.

[J Shuttlesworth]

Man... I know it's CA, but there are a lot of warriors fans in crypto today. Night and day difference between the home court crowd we had against Memphis

[homecourtloss]

I see that Lonnie Walker is back in the rotation

The Warriors on pace to make 20 three-pointers again. Klay Thompson can’t miss.

[IG2]

You can make all the adjustments you want, but if they continue making 3's at this rate and AD continues to disappoint, this will be over in 5.

[Greyhound]

Ham back to the garbage lineup with no big. Sprinkled in with a dash of Walker for a little spice.

[Mos_Heat]

With Reaves struggling and Lebron being a role player I can't imagine them winning more than a game

[homecourtloss]

2 points in the last 4 minutes of the first. This is not Looking good.

[Fadeaway_J]

Ham's rotation roulette is back in effect

AD sitting in a drop against Steph and Klay seems like a winning strategy.