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murksiderock said:
Bro San Francisco just shot 32.8% from 3 on 41 attempts vs the Sacramento defense. Sacramento played better D most of the series than they did in the regular season, but they don't have the versatility or flexibility of the Lakers D...

Again, the Warriors were 32.8% on 41 3pa/game vs that defense. We all know SF shooters are a threat but I think you're envisioning a boogeyman we haven't seen from this '23 SF squad...

In comparison the Lakers shot 31% on 35 attempts/game. The real disparity would be about four made 3s, 12 points, in SF's favor, without accounting for anything else...

D'Lo is terrible on D but Schroder isn't, and while Schroder had a poor series offensively vs Memphis he has the ability to be a real offensive threat, and frankly, we're going to need him to be. Here's the thing...

The Lakers have shown the ability to throw out devastating defensive lineups, truly game-breaking defense, and still get offensive production, with two specific lineups: Schroder-Reaves-Vanderbilt-LeBron-AD, which Vanderbilt is your only consistently flawed offensive threat;

And D'Lo-Schroder-Rui-LeBron-AD where D'Lo is your weak link defensively but he's actually holding up quite well in this specific lineup and he brings a plus offensively...

Personally bro, I'm excited to see the Warriors tinker their lineups versus this level of creativity and suffocation. This ain't gonna be a Warriors 3pt parade---->obviously they'll have their runs, we know this. But there's been no test vs this squad and I see no reason you can't play Rui, all he's done is grow since becoming a Laker...

SF's 8-man rotation, similar to LA's, is full of guys who are limitations on one end of the floor and streak shooters...
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This is where you need to take a step back and ask why when analyzing … you’re using a 7 game sample size to speak to a teams shooting ability when that team finished 2nd in the nba this year in 3point efficiency …much larger sample size = more reliable indicators

The reality is the overwhelming anchor on their team shooting last series was Poole …he shot an atrocious 9-35 and really buried their team numbers … however … Klay and Steph shot a very respectable 36% and 38% on 26 attempts per game that series …the Lakers did not have to deal with anything close to that kind of shooting impact from really anyone last series besides a few Bane games ….and their response was to start trapping him …something I don’t think will work here … The reality is the Lakers allowed the 5th most 3PA in the nba per game this year …they have struggled with body movement and teams that can get them going from side to side defensively… where the lakers do dominate however is paint defense … and that’s the clear matchup advantage they have over Sac because Curry was getting everywhere and not meeting much resistance at the rim against the Kings

I think the Lakers are going to have to play out of their minds to slow the Warriors down offensively because they have so many areas that can be exploited… it’s going to be a tough matchup for them ..really interested in seeing how Dlo holds up on defense …who does Reaves guard and can he stop with the stupid fouls and stay on the court … will LeBron hold up defensively with all that movement through a full series ..there’s a lot of questions but I wouldn’t use the Warriors poor shooting last round as a North Star for the Lakers path to victory
 
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murksiderock said:
Nobody is even weighing the potential for LA's frontcourt advantage to dominate this series...

The Warriors have Looney, Dray, and Wiggins as their frontcourt in their rotation. That's it. They understand they aren't gonna be able to just fly to the basket unimpeded so part of the strategy will be to draw LA away from the rim, obviously. Who in LA's frontcourt can't defend on the perimeter, though?

I'm not asking if there aren't ups and downs, Vando and Rui and LeBron and AD can all have moments they lose on the perimeter, but all have moments they win and you can switch all of these guys on anyone. This size should win more often than not on the glass, plus Reaves and Schroder are strong rebounding guards...

Scoring the ball is gonna test the strength of SF's frontcourt defense...

Man I'm confident about this shyt. The Show finna pack out these dudes. Makes it even better that SF is a wack ass city too 🤣...

Lakers need role players to hit open shots. And they need a much greater version of LeBron than we got in Rd1...

I think Bron has one more title surge in him, and I think our other guys will show up more than they don't. I think we'll be able to withstand SF runs, and I think Ham won't be completely outclassed by Kerr...

That Bay shyt finna end, Lakers in 7 at the absolute worst...
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You would think that the lakers would dominate in the front court but LeBron has been floating further and further away from the rim lately and we all know AD is a finesse player… In their last series the Lakers gave up a looooooootttt of Offensive Rebounds to JJJ who isn’t even that great of a board man and Tillman …Memphis averaged 13 offensive rebounds a game that series ..that number would be best in the league during the regular season …if the Lakers do dominate with the size it’s going to require AD and LeBron changing some things up …Rui and Vando could play a big role if they decide to consistently hit the glass but that’s really more of Vandos game …although I worry about him this series ..he better knock down some shots because the Warriors are going to leave him wide open and clog the lane on AD n Bron.
 
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HoldThisL said:
I can't wait for this series to start so people can see that Warriors is not that good of a team.:mjlol:
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I think people are vastly underestimating LA, and it wouldn’t shock me if golden state gets smoked in 5 games although I think it’ll go 6.

If golden states role players don’t shoot better it could get ugly, Lakers defense is miles better than the kings, those wide open 3 point shots won’t be there this series on top of the fact that the lakers with lebron usually keep curry from going nuclear.
 
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Mad Good Dro said:
I think people are vastly underestimating LA, and it wouldn’t shock me if golden state gets smoked in 5 games although I think it’ll go 6.

If golden states role players don’t shoot better it could get ugly, Lakers defense is miles better than the kings, those wide open 3 point shots won’t be there this series on top of the fact that the lakers with lebron usually keep curry from going nuclear.
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Poole is the anchor on that team. He's horrific. But agreed that GS were not at all impressive during that Kings series. It should have never gone to 7.
 
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