Zena Keita

I'll let the Lakers handle that for me.

Yeah, that was crazy.

Why does 16 ring a bell for me?

I mean, that's the point, right?

Like, to make a Cavs team that's supposed to be surging in the East, that's supposed to be a competitor in the East, and for Luka to walk into a 40 ball the way he did off of missing a game...

And for them to take the lead early, there was a very small snippet of the game in the first quarter where you're like, wait, the Cavs are running, even though LeBron comes out with this emphatic block.

And that made you, Dave, say the Lakers about to blow out the Cavs.

And it was for a few little minutes there that the Cavs got an early run, early lead.

And then LeBron opens it up and it was just like.

the Cavs were drinking from the fire hose.

It was just relentless scoring.

And the Lakers did a really great job of clogging the paint and rendered James Harden, Evan Mobley, and Jared Allen pretty much non-existent.

Jared Allen had a great second quarter, but those three typically have a really good offensive game, but they have an even better defensive game.

In this game, they allowed 135 points per 100 possessions.

Wow.

They were non-existent.

Then, on top of the fact that they were clogging the paint, the Lakers were doing so well, the Cavs couldn't hit outside shots.

So that was non-existent.

On the other side of the ball, Lucas having what he wants.

Jake LaRavia is making me a proud Demon Deacon, playing on both sides of the ball perfectly.