Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast. I am Trevor Lane. You can find me on

Twitter at Trevor underscore Lane over on Instagram at Trevor Lane NBA. It is game day. Lakers versus

Grizzlies game five, a chance for the Lakers to close it out. Can they get the job done tonight?

Finish the series. Get LeBron and AD a little bit of rest

before moving on to the second round or do the Memphis Grizzlies push this thing to a game

six? Currently, the Grizzlies a four and a half point favorite in this one. Clearly the

belief is that the Grizzlies will by using that home court energy by using that desperation that comes with being in a do or die situation that the Grizzlies will by using that home court energy, by using that desperation that comes with being

in a do or die situation, that the Grizzlies will be the team to get the win here.

But I think the Lakers may have something to say about that.

It's going to be, I think, a very interesting contest here.

The Lakers have a chance to buy themselves a little bit of rest.

We will see if they

approach this game with the necessary focus because this is not going to be easy. They're going

to have to approach this game with a very, very fine attention to detail. All the little plays

are going to matter a lot because frankly, the Lakers will probably have some heavy legs after

that overtime game,

heavier than the Grizzlies anyway, because the Grizzlies have a younger team overall.

And so I would expect them to bounce back a bit quicker.

But if the Lakers can operate efficiently, particularly, they can get going from behind the three point

line.

They haven't shot well from behind the three point line since game one.

That may be enough to turn the tide and get the Grizzlies into a situation where they

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