Lakers Even Series with Key Home Win: LeBron & Luka Shine

Watch Lakers Even Series with Key Home Win: LeBron & Luka Shine - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00How would L.A. respond last night?

00:02They needed to win on home floor to even up the series.

00:07And that's exactly what LeBron, Luka, and the Lakers did accomplish.

00:11Low scoring tilt, 94-85, but that is playoff basketball.

00:16Luka Doncic, 37 in game one, 31 in game two.

00:20A career playoff scoring average of 31 points per game.

00:25Second best, only behind Michael Jordan in NBA history.

00:28Showing up when it matters, LeBron James, a better night in game two.

00:33And the Lakers have evened this series at a game apiece.

00:36Needed it and got it.

00:37And LeBron James coming in last night said, you know, I was pumping up NWA just to get my mindset here

00:42that we got to play a good brand of defensive basketball.

00:45And boy, did they do that.

00:4638% from the floor for the Minnesota Timberwolves, which included a 5 of 25 from three-point range.

00:52Now you look at the Lakers, weren't much better from three-point range,

00:54but significantly better at 45% overall as a team.

00:57You would have told me coming into the game, by the way, the Lakers only going to shoot 20% from three-point range

01:01and 45% from the floor.

01:03I'm not so sure they covered the game, let alone win that game here, but they did.

01:06Why?

01:06Because the defense was there and also the attitude of, we cannot lose this game on our home court.

01:12And you need your best players, your superstars, to step up.

01:15LeBron James did that.

01:16Luka Doncic did that.

01:17They came away with a victory.

01:19Feeling much better about themselves, going 1-1 back to Minnesota.

01:22A must-win game for the Lakers, and they won it.