tendance
anthony davis carries lakers game
tim clearly a blowout win for the lakers and everyone
says this is the response you would want from a
championship team but what was it about anthony
davis play that led to this type of response i love
everything he just said in that interview because rarely
do you hear star players talk about that level of
desperation this early in the series but that’s exactly
the approach they needed to have i thought he set
the tone he was just going to be physically
overwhelming for the portland trail blazers he
showed all his versatility but in particular the way
he started the game defensively this is an incredible
play right here look at the speed to track damian
lillard to the rim that’s a layup early in the game their
best player that can get you going here again both
lebron and ad just occupy the low post in the front of
the rim and just beat them up with their physical power
and then the skill started to take over i mean a.d
was really feeling it tonight from the three-point line he
got into that rhythm no one’s going to come out there
and guard him and then finally the face-up game the
quick one step gets the contact gets the finish
i just thought he had posed his will on this game
so early um and showed you everything that he’s
capable of doing gave you the full full package
tremendous job here too look at the effort he falls in
the corner gets up gets the rebound and it triggers
this break that kind of summed up ads night for me
anthony davis injury
and he wasn’t going to have any quit in him he was
going to give you everything that he had and he set
the tone for his team i love their approach tonight they
needed this kind of game particularly defensively they’re
the number one seed they didn’t really play that well
offensively in game one but they also let their two
best players get away from them at a key time
that wasn’t going to happen tonight they they took
care of that early enough i love the response that
the lakers showed you in this one particularly
anthony davis well dame lillard was that guy for
the blazers in game one of this series but suffers
a dislocated index finger on his left hand now the
x-rays legs were negative so that’s good news
nothing’s broken in that finger but how much of
an effect can that have on his shot it’s not his
shooting hand but it is his left hand yeah and that’s
one of the most understated injuries when it comes
to affecting your shooting when you hurt something
on that offhand the way that affects you it can affect
the way you catch the ball cleanly if that is really tender
and sore when you go into game threeyou know when
you catch it sometimes that can affect how cleanly
you catch it certainly going to your left for that step
back three-point shot that he loves going in that
direction that could be affected we’re gonna have
to wait to see what he says after a day of rest and
then by the time you get to game night for game
three but it could be a factor um you know also going
to the left and finishing at the rim could be a factor
i think for me you know it’s something that we’re
gonna have to wait and see because it’s a total
cj mccollum (lakers game)
different level of severity with that type of injury it
can really affect you or it could be something very
very minor i want to hear that out of damian lillard
um sometime probably closer to game time for
game three in the meantime cj mcconnell can pick
up the slack i think he is ready to have one of those
cj mccollum moments he’s been quiet for these two
games but remember what he did last year in game
seven against denver he took over that game he is
capable of doing it don’t be surprised if cj mccollum
picks up some of the slack for a little bit worn out
damien lillard right now to be honest with you with all
he’s had to do to carry this team cj mccollum could
have one of those moments and he may need to if
they lose game three they could lose this in five
