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Lakers vs Blazers GM1

🕑 Added 2020-08-19 20:57:47 +0000 UTC

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Anton D'Auria

Was something wrong with lebron’s gait into the locker room at the end of the game?

Hey Alch hope you're well man, just wondering if you had any thoughts on Josh Green and Nico Manion from Arizona? I'm from Australia so I'd like see how you think he'll do? Keep up the good work to man hands down the best basketball analyst I've heard 👌👍

StarBoyYem

This isn't their first thing, I'm pretty sure they play each other when LeBron was in Miami and Carmelo was still with the Knicks

Athletic Alchemy

yup..hopefully it doesn't impact a series too much

Strong Foru

It's dangerous to allow Dame to get fired up. The Lakers could be in for a wild ride!

@thecryptoPA

🗣ITS DRAFT LOTTERY DAY!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥

Stevie Ray

No chance.

Ken Bradford

Orlando made shots and especially Bledsoe clanked a lot of shots. I just watched the last quarter but a big problem I see is Giannis doesn’t have a great move when they need him to get a bucket or at least not in this game. He kinda settled for jumpshots and those missed pretty bad.

Luke Zhang

Was confused why they didn’t play waiters with Danny and KCP chucking up bricks; I was shocked to see dame dancing in a game never thought I’d see it in my life but it makes a lot more sense after knowing they were playing blow the whistle. Btw who tf on LA’s sound team is playing an Oakland anthem after dame nails a long 3 that dude need to get fired 🤣

Daniel Fries

Hey alc, you think there's any chance bron is just going easy so he can crush the souls out of them in game 3 or 4? (and prolong the series for the networks)? FWIW I would like to see Portland v Dallas.

Tai Jan Huang

Call me a LeBron hater, but the best thing next to Warrior winning is him losing. I cannot help but smile when I see the news.

John Z

Bron been looking so hesistant about shooting anything. CWebb lol

Athletic Alchemy

Now reports of the groin...

Pirate Ramsay

AD needs to play the five to punish the Trail blazers for playing Nurkic and Whiteside simultaneously. LA also need to relentlessly attack Melo but they don;t really have the personnel.

thomas

The refs are issuing more techs for less because there’s no crowd to boo them for an overly sensitive calls. Now they aren't letting players express ANY defiance. Yet another interesting/unanticipated effect of the bubble

Athletic Alchemy

Tobias and AL contract it’s all I can think about when I watch them 🤢

Paradox

If Blazers win in 4, it will happen on 8/24. Perfect way to represent Kobe lol

Paradox

LeBron's effort even with a crowd is epitome of laziness, but I think he is even more passive in this bubble environment. Can't get energy off the crowd anymore Like the guy still has explosiveness but it's like watching a tortoise most of the time, like he doesn't have much stamina to spare except on offense.

Athletic Alchemy

try a different platform or browser..haven't had any problems

topstreams

I don't think there's a reality where a team lead by Dame could take a team lead buy Bron or Steph to 7 games

Anthony Gray

I figured it out watching philly Boston. The Lakers are the better version of the 76ers. Big, slow, can't shoot the three ball, and no closer...

topstreams

The video does not play for me and now I'm forced to watch Tobias Harris, DISGUSTING

Jim

I love watching LeBron lose.

Stevie Ray

I didn’t see the Milwaukee game, Can somebody tell me wtf happened? I just was starring at the box score for two minutes

Stevie Ray

10 for the series? 😏

Bereket Berhanu

If the lakers make 10 three pointers lakers 4-1

Athletic Alchemy

It’s funny the “ is he a dawg” “alpha” or “ killer instinct” thing we the fans are almost always right.. if we are asking.. they don’t! It’s not a trait that developes. But expect LA to get way more aggressive with Dame.. it was such light work for him he was dancing on m!

Stevie Ray

Is a first round knockout gonna be the opening chapter of the rewrite of the AD-Pelicans trade package? Traded away every pick available and every young asset outside of Kuz for a Star. But how many centers could around the league could replace AD’s role and at least filled 80% of what he does? I really hope Dame’s got enough in the tank to light that fuse.

Stevie Ray

“Can’t shoot the 3 & Can’t defend it, Gonna be a problem” I thinks an underrated element, is the Blazers are playing with house money. They just take LA 6 and it’s a somewhat success. But now there’s blood in the water.

Anthony Gray

Great takes Alc, u right LA needs to play faster so they can run Nurkic and Whiteside off the floor and more importantly out of the paint. I'm also here to concede that in a vacuum Dame is better than Steph....😱😱😱

Adv

Yep

Luke Smith

Great Analysis..... Think its going 7

William Mitchell

I'm probably gonna wait until like game 3 b4 making any critical comments, but there is a reason Mr. Backpack outplayed AD in the playoffs

Athletic Alchemy

I know.. I know.. Bob can’t miss this year

Athletic Alchemy

Well said.. I feel like they are going to get Hassan up out there one way or another

Paul Byun

Man imagine if we had GTJ instead of Jacob Evans...

Thomas Ogas

Portland's weakness is the size of their guards. Limits their ability to guard the other team's guards, and most teams offense comes primarily from the guard position. But not the Lakers. Their guards are only there to be outlet 3 point shooters. They're not running around bouncing off screens and getting open looks. Their offense flows through their bigs (Lebron)... Portland is built to guard bigs and plays good defensive bigs ... probably because they know they have to compensate for their guards. This is a really good match-up for Portland. The league is going to find ways to slant this more towards the Lakers ... because they really need Lebron to remain in the playoffs. But, you're right, this series is going to go long.

Niko

blazers in 3

Athletic Alchemy

I do! I thought LeBron would put more pressure on the defense. And I thought AD would work in the post way more. But that’s what adjustments are for. They can’t send that weak trap at Dame

Austin Z

Portland had a very pedestrian shooting night. I think the big thing I see is that when LA doubles dame, his other guys can bury a 3 ball, but when the blazers double up In the paint to slow down Lebron and he kicks out, his guys are not always going to reward him for that. I think Dame still has a lot he can prove in this series and really leave his fingerprints on future games. I don’t think it will be easy, but if Portland takes game 2 I think they can pull this off. So Alc do you have any doubts in your original pick for this series?