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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
Are you watching? This is the blueprint of how to break down this Lakers team. 23-9 Rockets late in the first quarter. If only they could execute like this consistently. The Lakers arrogance is coming back to bite them.
They have no chance against a team like Cleveland that is just hungrier and better.
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You know, it's not really what Houston is doing to the Lakers. It's more of what the Lakers do to themselves. They're a team that motivates themselves. When they are scoring, their intensity goes up. When they are hitting jumpers and getting to the lane and making plays, they get the job done on the defensive end.
If you're saying the blueprint to beat the Lakers is hit 50% of your shots and have them only hit 4-for-16, then obviously, you're going to be up and could possibly win. It's a matter of how the opposing team reacts to the Lakers when they start playing well and when Kobe starts to turn it on. What do the Rockets (Or any team) do when that happens? - Hope for the Lakers arrogance to come back and bite them? Consistently hit every shot and hope the Lakers go cold?
Saying they don't have a chance against Cleveland is ridiculous. The only team to beat the Cavs at home, other than the 76ers and they disposed of them in Los Angeles.
The Lakers still gotta beat a good Rockets team and should they win, they've got to beat an even tougher Denver team with an incredible point guard. As long as there's still gas in the tank, the Cavs ain't gonna cakewalk to a title.