• LeBron needs to acknowledge he's not 27 any more, and he can't run every possession in the first half while also playing ~40 minutes including good defense. Especially in Denver's altitude, last playoffs and this one he's exhausted himself to the point where he looks like he can barely stand at the end of games. He's gotta get Reaves and DLo to run more PNR in the first half to give himself just a little bit of a breather. The Murray shot took away from the fact that LeBron actually played out of his mind at the end of the game
  
• sorry if this is too Lakers twitter or r/Lakers of a take, but it really is a fact that they stop running good offense and go into ISOball the closer the game gets to the end. I dunno if this is individual players freelancing, the coaching staff genuinely thinking it's a good idea, or fatigue, but it clearly clearly clearly falls flat to Denver's defense, who locks down late in games. They don't seem to have a go-to play that can get Davis the ball in one of his spots through AG and Jokic's ball denial. It's not exactly true that they're not trying- they are, Denver is doing a good job denying- but that shouldn't be unsolvable to the point that AD doesn't make a shot after early in the 3rd quarter. Denver never runs into the issue that they can't get the ball in Jokic's hands at the end of games, the Lakers should be able to get it to AD.

aBagorn fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Apr 23, 2024