Zach Lowe

That's the only way you're going to score because the Lakers to give them credit,

Super high IQ team.

They have the Rockets on their heels because they don't know what to expect defensively.

And offensively, look, they're only scoring 113 points per 100 possessions, which is like average to below average.

But given the talent on the floor, they are dictating the terms of the series offensively and getting pretty good shots across the board.

I mentioned Paolo's post numbers.

He has 17 post touches.

LeBron is number two with 16 post touches.

And they're getting 1.4 points per possession, according to Second Spectrum, out of those post touches.

And Okoge is the only guy on the team who can kind of not get bulldozed, even if it's like a slow motion bulldoze, like just like six dribbles.

If you give him six dribbles, Ahmed Thompson is going to be under the basket.

Tari Eason is going to be under the basket.

And between that and Kennard, and I have to give JJ credit, like...

People don't think the Lakers are a good shooting team.

They actually have a pretty decent amount of shooting now, and they're getting stuff out of smart Aiton pick and rolls and LeBron Aiton pick and rolls.

And the reason they're getting stuff out of it is on the strong side is Rui Hachimura, and he's a good shooter.

And on the weak side is Luke Kennard,

setting some screening action with whoever is the fifth guy on the floor.

That's just meant to distract the defense.

Cause it's Luke canard and it's working.