Game 1 vs. Memphis
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
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Summary
Behind a 29-point effort from Rui Hachimura, a masterful closing stretch form Austin Reaves, and a brilliant defensive game from Anthony Davis, the Lakers went into Memphis and beat the Grizzlies to take a 1-0 lead in their first round series. Pete, Mike, and Darius discuss the game, diving into AD's defensive performance, LeBron's defense and deference on offense down the stretch, and the major performances from Austin and Rui.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.4 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.3 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. |
| 0:23.7 | What's up? Laker fans? Wow, what a weekend. Lakers go into the best home team in the NBA's |
| 0:30.5 | gym, the third best defensive team in the NBA, put up 128 points and get a win where they |
| 0:37.4 | pull away at the end, wishing good |
| 0:39.3 | health to John Morant ahead of game two on Wednesday. The Lakers, Rui Hachamura led the |
| 0:46.1 | Lakers in scoring with a Lakers playoff record tying 29 points off the bench. Austin Reeves completely takes over down the stretch. |
| 0:56.4 | Oh yeah, Anthony Davis has 10 stocks and just warps the game on defense. |
| 1:02.4 | LeBron James just kind of fits in and gets some good rebounds, but wasn't a huge part of |
| 1:07.5 | the central parts of the game, Mike. |
| 1:10.7 | Just an extraordinary win from the Lakers. |
| 1:13.8 | I would love to hear your view from the ground. Oh, it's a massive win. It's not only just to |
| 1:19.6 | sort of solidify the momentum that I think the Lakers have been building that may have looked |
| 1:24.2 | like it waned a little bit in that Clippers loss or the Wolves |
| 1:27.5 | loss. But as Darius adroitly pointed out in his preview, you know, those I think were |
| 1:33.2 | really just victims of time and the Wolves game being the eighth and 14 days and the Clippers |
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