Letdown
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2023
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Summary
The Lakers did not come out ready to play against the Kings and got blasted Wednesday night, falling behind by 20 points in the 1st quarter and never being able to fully dig themselves out of the hole. Pete and Darius discuss the role LeBron and Anthony Davis played in the slow start, LeBron's great play after that, AD's physical struggles during the game, and the ways the Kings took advantage of the Lakers' individual and collective defense. And then later, the guys discuss possible in-house solutions for how to support AD in more physically taxing matchups.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.0 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.0 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.0 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:10.0 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top of our show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.0 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.0 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:22.9 | Correct. |
| 0:23.5 | What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Filmroom podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. |
| 0:28.1 | And we ended the last podcast wondering if the Lakers would have a bit of an emotional letdown |
| 0:33.7 | after kind of the crescendo of the in-season tournament game against Memphis. |
| 0:38.1 | And boy, did they ever, another night where the Lakers are down 20 points in the first quarter, |
| 0:43.3 | which is a fact that I want to zero in on later in the pod because that's really where the game |
| 0:47.4 | was lost. |
| 0:48.3 | And the difference in energy and effort and engagement was stark. |
| 0:53.8 | And I, you know, Darius, role players |
| 0:55.9 | especially will follow the lead of their best players. And both LeBron and AD started that game |
| 1:01.6 | very poorly. LeBron was throwing the ball all over the gym. AD was a step slow all night and |
| 1:07.5 | we'll get into more about that. LeBron was very good to grate the rest of the game, |
| 1:12.9 | but he was a big reason why we were down 20 as we were in that first quarter. And then AD just |
| 1:18.8 | did not have the level of engagement to start the game. And then it was very clear that he was |
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