Ja Morant exploded in the 4th quarter but not enough to bring them back closer to tying or winning the game.
Lakers won!
Lebron James had 29 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists. But the most effective player was Austin Reaves, he definitely played like it was a championship game hustling in both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor. 13/6/2 It cannot be seen on paper but he did great today.
Yeah, we've seen the Austin Reaves is really a good catch for the Lakers this season. And almost all of there new players are contributing in this series against Memphis. Beasley though, seems to be off again although he has just been given a few minutes to play in this series.
AD another double double, he make it tonight for game 2 lackluster performance.
And I really like how Lebron takes the tempo in the 4th when they still have that lead and not allow Ja Morant to take over the game. Although Ja exploded with 45 points.
You can't count out Rui Hachimura when we're talking about how far the Lakers have gone currently after a slow start at the regular season. Rui has been BIG in the play-in and the playoffs, putting up huge numbers and is so efficient, not to mentioned he's also been a huge factor defensively. I love how the Lakers played an air tight defense early in game 3 and that made the Grizz shot 3/25 If I remembered it correctly.
One more win for the Lakers and this series is done. The Lakers has a good momentum in game 3, but let's watch out for Ja as he also had his momentum with that mini run late in the 4th with that 24 straight pts. I just hope nothing major happened with his legs after that dunk he made before the game ended. Looks like a minor cramps, but I hope that's just what it is.