They way these nikkas playing even if they do get past Memphis that’s as far as they go
I'm not sure about this...
The Grizzlies finished with the #3 defense in basketball. They are going to make any team struggle to score points. If they advanced and got Sac or SF, they'd make those teams struggle. Jackson and Tillman are dynamic walling off the interior, and they've got switchability on the perimeter with Brooks, Bane, Roddy, Jones. A team like GS that doesn't score well inside is going to be food in games the jumpers aren't falling...
For the Lakers, they arent gonna face another defense this dominant in The West, so the offensive production will open up. The next challenge for them will be defending teams that are more creative and dangerous offensively than Memphis is...
But LA's ability to go into these lockdown stretches defensively contradict your statement...
22-9 in their last 31 games. 58-win pace. This is an elite basketball team...
I’m good in the west
That’ll probably go down in infamy just like Ima take my talents to south beach
That's a fact, he's not gonna be able to live it down for awhile...
Memphis has to get some grown ups or another great player in the building. No one can be relied upon night after night to score the ball besides Ja. Jackson can potentially be great, or this could be his ceiling. This team needs maturity and more legitimate shot creators...