State of the League | LaMelo out-duels Luka; Lakers lose
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What happened in the Lakers vs Hornets game?
And you know, S, we say often on the show, there's a good game every night. Yes, but. Welp, folks. That might have been a lie. Last night, we got the Mark Williams bowl. Look, we're still coming back from vacation.
You know, not a big deal.
We aren't the only ones. Charlotte Hornets were in L.A. to face the Lakers in a basketball game. Um, the, the Hornets one, um, the, the Lakers actually, they started the game off. I thought it looked pretty good. And you and I, we were thinking, Hey, we might have an easy night. The Lakers, they ought to blow out the Hornets. Um, you know, especially because Luca now off that minutes restriction and you think, okay, he's going to maybe show out. He's had a little bit more time to do some rehab. LeBron looks extremely healthy to start the game.
Yeah. Yeah.
And then all of a sudden, the Lakers build a lead and the bottom falls out. And the Hornets go on, what was it, a 21-1 run?
What are the Lakers' defensive issues?
Yeah, 21-1 run to finish that third quarter and eventually take the lead. It was basically a combination of just crazy shot making from the Hornets. And then the Lakers, like you said, bottoming out. The turnovers were bizarre for them. You know, Luca for the entire game had a lot of turnovers. I think he ended up with six overall. And so eight assists, six turnovers for him. It was sloppy overall for the Lakers as they were trying to move the ball. Still feel like a team that's trying to figure out who they are. And you could tell that one in this. It just felt like they were discombobulated throughout. And so Charlotte took advantage. They're like, hey, you're going to let us get into this basketball game. Sure. Why not? We'll take this one.
I mean, I think a lot of people will look at the score and think it's like 1995. You know, it's 197. This was a brutal game. You know, hey, what's going on with the Lakers offense? That's not the issue. They got looks. They just didn't make shots, which, you know, again, they're trying to figure things out. I understand the offensive problems. The defensive problems, though, as there were too many times where LeBron and Luca were bad. Both the backline helper. That's that's a layup every single time. And I got to say, now that we're seeing this on the court, I have to go back to when we thought Mark Williams was going to be a Laker. And we started saying, oh, wait a second. Wait a second. Could the. No, no, no. No.
S. Now that we see it, Mark Williams would not have been good enough to elevate. No, no. Mark Williams would not have been good enough. I don't know if there was a solution to this Lakers defense other than Anthony Davis staying there. That would have been the solution.
And honestly, Anthony Davis maybe should be getting some defensive player of the year buzz.
Yeah, fair enough. No, there were a few possessions, especially in the clutch where, you know, teams tend to especially teams that are playing small like the Lakers, like they finish. out with Dorian Finney-Smith and Jared Vanderbilt. They're trying to pre-switch everything to get LeBron out of actions, get Luka out of, out of actions. There was one possession where they tried to double Lomelo ball and Luka is guarding Lomelo and, you know, they double him, but then he doesn't rotate over to get the guy in the corner, ends up being a wide open three for Nick Smith Jr. And so there's just, there's little wrinkles like that where you can see their defense falling apart.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened in the Lakers vs Hornets game?
1:11–2:12
2
What are the Lakers' defensive issues?
2:12–10:00
3
How did Luka and LeBron perform?
10:00–14:10
4
What are the implications of Draymond Green's comments?
14:10–18:11
5
What is the state of the league post-All-Star?
18:11–21:14
6
What are potential solutions for the Lakers?
21:14–24:01
7
What insights did Sam Amick share about the trade deadline?
24:01–28:54