Hello, Lakers Nation. It's game day. Lakers versus Warriors game five, a chance for the Lakers to send the Warriors on a nice, restful, and most importantly, long summer vacation.

The reigning champs on the brink. The Lakers lead 3-1. First opportunity to close it out comes tonight in Golden State.

Won't be easy.

We'll break it all down here.

Plus, I'm going to get into some fan questions and comments.

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the show. All right. So a lot to get into, and I am going to get into some fan questions and

comments coming in from some super chats. That's going to pinball me into a lot of different topics.

But first and foremost, I need to talk about fouls because this series, there's been a big,

big highlight on fouls.

Warriors fans lost their minds after game one, lost their minds even further after game

three when the Lakers enjoyed a very big foul discrepancy.

Now, in game four, the Lakers also had a foul discrepancy. They had an advantage

in terms of the number of free throws that they shot, which I've talked a lot about should

be expected. The Warriors are terrible at defending without fouling. And they tend to not shoot a lot

of free throws themselves. They're actually the worst team in the NBA at getting into the free throw

line. Why? Well, that's what happens when you shoot a lot of three point shots. Conversely, the Lakers are the best at both of those things, the best at getting to the free throw line and the best at defending without fouling. So you'd expect there to be a big foul discrepancy in this series. But nonetheless, in game four, the Lakers took 20 free throws and they made all 20 of

them 100% from the free throw line.

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