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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
Hmm...no. Absolute beatdown from start to finish instead on the self-proclaimed greatest team of all time.
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Starting to look more and more like DFS and Vincent control the Lakers ceiling as much as anyone else on that roster.
If one of them are hitting, they're a tough out. If BOTH are, that team will beat anyone on any given night.
So LAL can't lose any games where they get 20 points from those 2. They can't have James take a night off defensively on that evening. They can't have Reaves firing up bricks or Luca's shot being flat.
When you get a winning effort from those 2 guys you HAVE to win. You might get that once in a given series. You hope 2 other wins come on nights that one of them is dialed in and for the 4th win you lean into your Big 3 and hope they steal it for you.
But the lack of a legitimate big-man means that the Lakers MUST get contributions from DFS and Vincent because they just can't stay with that starting 5 and run and gun all night. And they can't steal points in the half-court while they recuperate because Hayes can't just 'take' a possession by backing someone down to get you a bucket and buy you 20 seconds of rest.