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

[OhayoKD]

assuming Davis will come out flat tonight, im hoping LeBron will come out agressive from the start

I feel ya. I just kind of don't believe it, though. I am the eternal optimist and I really think AD will come out and have a great game.

I mean, he(and lebron) barely played 30 minuites last game. No excuse for davis to come out flat here.

[Joao Saraiva]

It's pretty funny every time this playoffs that the Lakers have gone up in either series, people are already speculating about how they can win the next round as if this series isn't losable. Warriors could easily take HCA back tonight and take control of the series in Game 5.

Absolutely. Tonight is a very important game to define who advances

[Colbinii]

It's pretty funny every time this playoffs that the Lakers have gone up in either series, people are already speculating about how they can win the next round as if this series isn't losable. Warriors could easily take HCA back tonight and take control of the series in Game 5.

Absolutely. Tonight is a very important game to define who advances

Yup--Home teams win > 70% of series when it is tied 2-2.

[trickshot]

assuming Davis will come out flat tonight, im hoping LeBron will come out agressive from the start

I feel ya. I just kind of don't believe it, though. I am the eternal optimist and I really think AD will come out and have a great game.

I mean, he(and lebron) barely played 30 minuites last game. No excuse for davis to come out flat here.

The unfortunate thing with AD playing flat is Bron completely relinquished the post area to AD. When AD mails it it's a double detriment. AD has to make it count every night, or at least try to.

[Freighttrain]

assuming Davis will come out flat tonight, im hoping LeBron will come out agressive from the start

I feel ya. I just kind of don't believe it, though. I am the eternal optimist and I really think AD will come out and have a great game.

I mean, he(and lebron) barely played 30 minuites last game. No excuse for davis to come out flat here.

Well its an even number tonight and we know what that means

No but honestly, like I just said in the General Board, this team is going as far as AD can take us. We need 4 great games from him, and we got 2 thus far. Would be nice to see a back-to-back dominant performance. 3-1 or 2-2 is a world of difference, especially without having home court.

[Heej]

assuming Davis will come out flat tonight, im hoping LeBron will come out agressive from the start

I feel ya. I just kind of don't believe it, though. I am the eternal optimist and I really think AD will come out and have a great game.

The sine wave will end eventually. Especially now that ESPN has put out graphics about it, Vegas is going to screw all the people that slam the under tonight

[zimpy27]

Both of those offenses are a lot better than the Warriors' tho

Suns is iso scoring and Lakers have the guys to defend their scorers. Suns will have a tough time scoring on Lakers.

Nuggets have a better chance of beating Lakers I think. It depends how Jokic is defended by Davis.

[LA Bird]

LeBron has not had a 30 point playoff game since the 2020 Finals so chances are he's not going to have a big game tonight.

Spoiler:

Hopefully this reverse jinx works

[MisterHibachi]

Read on Twitter

Second lineup change by Game 4, Kerr is panicking. Warriors went away from the two big lineup because of spacing issues, so they decided to start another non shooter, a small guard at that who doesn't provide the same rebounding pressure as Looney.

[RRR3]

Idk if I’d call it panicking it’s an adjustment

[Heej]

Warriors small ball is where they're most dangerous. Pray for DLo

[Heej]

GP2 Is getting underrated imo. He's 34% on his career on 1 three a game. It's very conceivable for him to get got like Iggy has at times knowing that he'll be living on a steady diet of wide open 3s. If he shoots even 37% for the rest of this series on a random hot streak could be all the Warriors need. The Lakers really need to lock in on the rest of the Warriors sets and transition attack

[RRR3]

Scott Foster is reffing lol. What a joke.

[zimpy27]

LeBron has not had a 30 point playoff game since the 2020 Finals so chances are he's not going to have a big game tonight.

Spoiler:

Hopefully this reverse jinx works

I think he's managing himself in early games so he can bring it in must-win games.

Him playing off-ball is entirely about riding this team as far in to the playoffs he can before having to get off and drag them the rest of the way.

[jalengreen]

GP2 Is getting underrated imo. He's 34% on his career on 1 three a game. It's very conceivable for him to get got like Iggy has at times knowing that he'll be living on a steady diet of wide open 3s. If he shoots even 37% for the rest of this series on a random hot streak could be all the Warriors need. The Lakers really need to lock in on the rest of the Warriors sets and transition attack

2022 round 1 G3 (@ Denver) he shot 3/3 from 3 in a 5 pt win. Two games later he shot 3/4 from 3 in the closeout game (4 pt win). He can definitely get hot and it can be the difference

He's been hesitant to shoot this series but gotta imagine he's been told to take what the defense gives him

[Colbinii]

GP2 Is getting underrated imo. He's 34% on his career on 1 three a game. It's very conceivable for him to get got like Iggy has at times knowing that he'll be living on a steady diet of wide open 3s. If he shoots even 37% for the rest of this series on a random hot streak could be all the Warriors need. The Lakers really need to lock in on the rest of the Warriors sets and transition attack

Nah, he shoots 40% from 3 corner but thats 56% of his shots. That means non-corner 3 he shoots 27%.

[Heej]

GP2 Is getting underrated imo. He's 34% on his career on 1 three a game. It's very conceivable for him to get got like Iggy has at times knowing that he'll be living on a steady diet of wide open 3s. If he shoots even 37% for the rest of this series on a random hot streak could be all the Warriors need. The Lakers really need to lock in on the rest of the Warriors sets and transition attack

Nah, he shoots 40% from 3 corner but thats 56% of his shots. That means non-corner 3 he shoots 27%.

He could conceivably live off corner 3s. Luckily the Lakers aren't gonna put 2 on the ball again so those 3s should be slightly less open

[Larry David]

Would be nice to string a couple wins but gut feeling is an L

[Mos_Heat]

Very sloppy start. Jumper back to not working

[J Shuttlesworth]

Very sloppy start. Jumper back to not working

Don't really know that yet. He's 0-1 from 3