Nikola Jokic was good but human with 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting. Los Angeles was 15-of-40 on 3-pointers (37.5%) and they were 9-of-15 shooting from the midrange (outside the paint but inside the arc, for our purposes here). The reason for the Lakers’ win was pretty simple: Their jumpers finally fell. LeBron and AD combined for a big night in the win:ĪD: 23 PTS, 15 REB /OsK4AHd42R Their stars drove it: LeBron James had 26 points, Anthony Davis 23, Russell Westbrook 18 (with eight rebounds and assists) and 18 points from Lonnie Walker IV. Los Angeles entered Sunday night averaging less than a point per possession on the season, but put up a 124.7 offensive rating - or, in the numbers on the scoreboard, 121 points - and that was enough to earn its first victory of the season. The Lakers’ jump shots finally showed up for a game. ![]() 2) Lakers’ jump shots finally fall, they pick up first win of season Expect Kerr to put his foot on the gas soon. They will be fine.īut they have coasted through the first couple of weeks of the regular season, and it’s got them below. It is a long season, and it’s far too early to sound any alarm bells about the Warriors. It’s a quality, confidence-boosting win for the Pistons. Detroit got huge nights from Saddiq Bey (28 points) and Isaiah Stewart (a career-high 24 points plus 13 boards and quality defense in the paint).Īn all-around game □ /5RcnfVVaD7 Cade Cunningham controlled the show and finished with a near triple-double - 23 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Veteran addition Donte DiVincenzo has been in and out of the lineup and JaMychal Green has been fine but not elite.ĭetroit’s young stars showed when many pundits had them in the mix for a play-in spot this season. The young stars asked to pick up the slack and provide that intensity - Jonathan Kuminga, James Wiseman, Moses Moody - have not been up to the task so far. Opponents are attacking and Golden State doesn’t consistently match that intensity. That coasting is what gets the defense in trouble - the Warriors get the other team’s best shot nightly. That core - Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney, and Jordan Poole - is playing in second gear, if not outright coasting, for stretches. The reality is that while Stephen Curry has come out putting up low-key MVP numbers - 31 points a game, shooting 39.5% from 3, plus 6.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists a game - the Warriors’ core six players are treating the early regular season like champions often do. Steve Kerr details what he's seeing from the Dubs on both ends of the court /6ChFDnyDxN The Warriors’ 115.2 defensive rating to start the season is 23rd in the league, and Sunday the Pistons had a 127.8 rating on their way to a 128-114 win at home, dropping the Warriors to 3-4 on the season. Steve Kerr sounds done with that mindset - that’s his pickup game quote. Unlike the teams in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, the Golden State Warriors have more than earned the benefit of the doubt - maybe they are off to a slow start, but the team that just held a parade through the streets of San Francisco last June. “I think it looks like a pickup game out there.” ![]() 1) “Pickup game” Warriors can’t get stops, fall to 3-4 Check out every weekday morning to catch up on what you missed the night before plus the rumors, drama, and dunks that make the NBA must-watch. Three Things is NBC’s five-days-a-week wrap-up of the night before in the NBA.
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