Round four day in Los Angeles. The Lakers lead 2-1 in a series where the Warriors are small favorites and Darvin Ham’s men are big outsiders. The key that will draw the outcome? Anthony Davis, without a shadow of a doubt.
Every time Anthony Davis is hit, he seems unfit for the rest of the season. But this small defect is quickly forgotten when the strong winger starts to coal: 30 points and 23 rebounds in Game 1 against the Warriors, 25 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in Game 3. Between the two? The classic, a difficult tolerable slump when you want to go all the way. “Boarf TrashTalk, you’re exaggerating, it’s getting a little worse”. That’s for sure, but Anthony Davis is – on these 2023 Playoffs – quite familiar with the fact: 22, 13, 31, 12, 31, 16, 30, 11 et 25. In order, these numbers are AD’s nine scoring performances since the start of the postseason. Two games with at least 20 points never follow each other, a not very reassuring stat given the stakes of this Game 4.
If LeBron had been told in January that with a simple home win, the Lakers would have the opportunity to pass the Warriors at 3-1, after taking out the Grizzlies of Ja Morant in six matches, probably he wouldn’t have waited to find a pen to sign: « sputch ! », saliva can be seen after all. In addition without major injuries, and that’s great. Only Mo Bamba is noted « questionnable »while Davis and LeBron are « probable » before each meeting. Joints should creak. For the moment it holds, as long as it lasts. Side Warriors, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green will be present. No new indispositions, and the absolute necessity to recover home advantage before returning home.
AD. WAS. EVERYWHERE.
In the Playoffs, AD ranks:
Blocks – first
Defensive rebounds – first
Deflections – first
Contested twos – first
Steals – sixth pic.twitter.com/YWUF5cF0kP— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) May 7, 2023
2023-05-08 16:08:12
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