NBA in Threes: Warriors struggle; Morant and Kyrie battle it out
By Jade Johnson
Los Angeles Lakers
Beyond the first quarter when the Utah Jazz were pretty close most of the way through, the Lakers looked very much like they’re in cruise control for this game. For that reason, there’s really not a ton to be said.
LeBron James contributed 32 points, 10 assists on 12 of 22 shooting. With seven rebounds, he came just shy of the triple-double for the 1,200th career game.
Overall, the Laker’s defense was a bit lackadaisical for most of the first quarter outside of Danny Green. It’s the only reason the Jazz were able to stay within two points of the Lakers until the 2:00 point of the first quarter.
Troy Daniels had a much better outing than in game one. He had 15 points on 5-9 shooting.
Dwight Howard is doing exactly what he was brought in to do. How else do you end up +13 when you only scored two points in the game? Seven rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks, that’s how.
In kind of an odd situation, Anthony Davis banged the side of his head on Rudy Gobert‘s arm on a drive to a basket. He was in obvious discomfort immediately after pulling on his ear. Shortly afterward he could be seen telling his bench that he couldn’t hear.
I loved Mark Jackson’s comment that you don’t have to be able to hear to score the rock. I was going to leave the commentary at that but then I saw the following tweet and I just couldn’t resist.
Anthony Davis is staying on the floor after taking a shot to the head when driving to the basket. He seems ok but they will have to play it by ear.
— Kane Pitman (@KanePitman) October 26, 2019