This game was G2 in reverse...
Memphis led most of G2 and controlled the game, were up by as many as 23 I think, and Lakers made a game of it in the 4th and only lost by 10...
LA never let Memphis into single digits but otherwise same shyt, up by as many as 27 and only won by 10...
So while I expect "Laker" fans in here to bytch about this W, it's still a W and we made it look better than they did in their win (up by a larger amount, never let Memphis under 10)...
Lakers are clearly the better team thru 3 games. They largely controlled G1 and dominated the 4Q of G1 completely. They winning this series...
But this lack of urgency and killer instinct has to go and it has to go fast. Start slow in G2 which prevented us from winning. End slow and lazy in G3 which made the outcome closer than it should been...
They have the margin for error in this series vs an inferior team. They aren't gonna have that margin for error as the playoffs march on and the opponent gets better...
I don't doubt that they can and will tighten the screws as they move forward. This team finished the regular season at 18-8, and including play-in, are 3-1 since; 21-9 in their last 30 games. This is a really good basketball team. This is a 57-win team since the trades, this isn't the same team that started 25-31...
They'll clean it up, they better and they have to!