BBallBreakdown did a video on the game last night highlighting all the issues with the Lakers defence:
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The numbers look pretty bad for AD: 5 games in a row hes had a massive negative rating vs the Nuggets. Lakers aren’t using him effectively at all in this matchup on both ends
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Ham is absolutely a dumbass. They ran the same plays that they ran against the Lakers in the conference finals games last night and Ham had zero counters, that to me is insane because I would have expected him to watch film all summer. They also ran the same play 4 times in a row with no adjustment from Ham late in the fourth
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AD always tries to ISO but he’s not a great ISO player, he needs a PG to set him up and Reaves/Gabe/Dlo DID NOT PASS HIM THE BALL EVEN WHEN HE WAS OPEN ROLLING TO THE RIM. That’s an issue that needs to be fixed
Na. No one can guard Joker right now. What i didn’t like was they keep AD on an island even after Joker continually man handles AD. Coaching was just as suspect