BBallBreakdown did a video on the game last night highlighting all the issues with the Lakers defence:

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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