Inside the NBA | LAL is really back -Shaq praises Anthony Davis 41-Pts as Lakers def Raptors 132-131

Inside the NBA | “Lakers is really back” – Shaq praises Anthony Davis 41-Pts as Lakers beat Raptors

You know Jamal you had an observation on that Throwdown by Scotty Barnes yeah get some props to Kane I thought that was n one yeah easily could have been right and then also the Scotty Barnes former Rookie of the Year over Max Christie making some great plays down the stretch

24 points for Barnes 10 for 19 from the field but Anthony Davis uh especially down a stretch you and I were talking about they were like oh he had 16 in the first quarter came into the fourth with 20 one points like oh what’s going on

Now he’s got 16 and a fourth and AD just went on ad runs by himself and again a great close out here by Anthony Davis in the fourth quarter just really providing the offense dominant if you will 18 points knocking down threes from the outside when he plays like this it puts the

Offensive level of the Lakers at a whole another level um because he’s able to to dominate interior which gives LeBron Space which gives Austin reev space to operate I mean AD just took over in the fourth quarter obviously he was dominant because they’re smaller with the Raptors

But to your point when he’s dominant like that it puts everybody else in their proper position LeBron gets the play off of him other guys are getting catch wide open catching shoot threes so he when he’s playing like this with this mentality he’s special you know Jamal

There’s something that we see in the NBA bigs that have trouble at the free throw line when you have somebody like Anthony Davis 11 for 12 from the free throw line Anthony Davis with a season High 41 points is his second 40 and 10 game of this season it’s the 11th time the

Sheries had 30 and 10 Lakers record now when he has 30 and 10 five and six so it’s not like they’ve been winning all of these games this certainly one that came down to the wire some hot shooting by the Raptor down stretch as well yeah I mean the Raptors not giving

Up they needed all of those ad free throw free throws um in the closing time but but doing a good job I mean obviously Lakers had H having a little trouble inbounding the ball on that possession but holding tight and doing well executing down the stretch yeah I

Think you know whenever Anthony Davis is rolling like that it makes everybody better uh especially he’s hitting his free throws down the stretch he’s a huge Target so you can get him the ball get the ball in bounds safely and and he does the rest so good win for the Lakers

Yeah for Anthony Davis was 41 points on just 17 shots right so you go all right he made 14 he made 13 out of 14 free throws but lot’s coming in the fourth yeah and that’s it’s money time right like there’s always a moment of truth in

The games tonight was the fourth quarter for the Lakers and he stepped up and when he steps up like that it’s easy to rely on that and kind of Rite that home what’ you make of Max Christie playing those crunch time fourth quarter minutes for the Lakers I think it’s huge because

Everybody wants to start but it’s not who starts the game it’s who finishes it and usually the players that are finishing those minutes have the trust of your teammates and your coaches and will be in the rotation more and Max Christie have an amazing outing at the

Beginning of the year in a in a big road trip for the Lakers when they were trying to get back on track and then studying the ship today um being able to be in there and getting a key offensive rebound getting an an1 um those are

Things are going to get him more playing time it’s a Kentucky Wildcats con of night I mean we had Tyrese Maxi in studio Anthony Davis balling out out where he is so both of you have had hamstring injuries explain exactly the grade one what it means what we should

Expect in two weeks well I think hamstrings are you feel like it’s over when you first do it that’s one of the most painful injuries I’ve ever had um so the first two or three days you feel like it is a wrap for the season and it

Gets better and I think that’s why he’s being evaluated in two weeks um now coming off of a hamstring injury your explosion is something that it takes time to come back it doesn’t matter whether it’s grade one grade two whatever it is your explosion is the biggest thing so I just

Wonder if he’s able to get back um by Allstar and for me as a fan I want him playing in Indianapolis like I want him being able to play in front of his hometown fans so I just wish him all the best in his recovery definitely wish him

The best and that hamstring is tricky because even though his his move that he got hurt on didn’t come off of you know explosion when you try to explode you’re going to feel it you’re going to feel it pull a little bit you’re going to feel

Like ooh it’s not ready and and that part of the mental part of adjusting to that is what can affect you uh hopefully his isn’t serious and he can come back because he mean so much to that team well looking at the Pacers right and you

Go well we know as Tyrese Halbert and plays that’s how they go you look at the Eastern Conference and you think okay right now they’re in sixth place uh 21 and 15 on a year and you think oh that’s avoiding the playin situation do you think they can hold that water and

Stay you know out of the play and until he returns well what they showed yesterday against the Boston Celtics I would say yes just in terms of their ability to score the basketball and it wasn’t just Tyrese halberton scoring the basketball um now my question is the way

That they’re able to improve right now is defensively and I think Rick carile would probably have some to say about that as well because right now they’ they’ve won shootouts and they’ve won shootouts against Great teams I mean you look at Boston Celtics they won the playin game they won this game against

Milwaukee Bucks um they seem to have their number over the last couple weeks but they’ve done that not on the defensive end they’ve done that you know in shootouts yeah and their shootouts they’re so like comfortable in those situations right like they’re not trying to get that many stops they’re trying to

Get up and down the court and that’s where you hope McConnell can step in and kind of plug and play nobody can replace Halbert he’s the MVP candid but if he can play with the power of the pass and let the the ball dictate where

It needs to go I think that’s that’ll B A will for them going forward yeah certainly uh we wish a speedy recovery to Tyrese Halbert and like Isaiah said be great to see him play enough games to qualifi December to remember F Pao B Caro average 25 points per game here’s

The thing look at January getting off to an even better start in the new year it’s been playing better each and every month this season Seattle’s finest 206 yeah not going to be a lot of 206 highlights in this one no no Orlando mat spiler alert it’s going to be a dunk contest

For the Minnesota timber Rudy goar goes first Carl Anthony towns gather that’s a nine for me n that n in game that was a nine for me posterizing business decision Mo I I feel you how about Nas is Like Nas Reed on The Fast Break lot of steps there where he goes

You travel where he need to go I see what you all right uh the work inside there’s the stifle Tower Carl Anthony Towns at it again powering pass Pao banero cat 28 points six rebounds five steals little Flex stifle Tower ated again in the second half do we get a 10

On this one 8.5 it’s a dunk Fest jeez timber wolves win one 1392 they had 51 dunks in the game Trailblazers Nicks tape OG in the house OG anobi getting off to a hot start he made six of his first seven shots easy ones like that good pass

Brunson jayen Brunson with the absolute dime then here’s Julius Randall you know Nicks got rid of one Lefty and RJ Barrett but they still got two going to work 16-point lead at this point point up that count Brunson for three had 12 points seven assists Knicks up by 22 at

The half second half OG missed just three shots to score his 23 points nice love to see the efficiency Randall from outside he had 20 points Dante deepen chinzo shooting 44% from long range this season then it’s getting grimy Quinton Grimes the Steal he had 17 Nicks tapate have won five consecutive okay

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