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TEAM DEFENSE >>> INDIVIDUAL DEFENSELakers trade Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic. LA sees their defense get better while Dallas sees their defense get worse. We know Luka is not a better defender than Anthony Davis, so what's going on here?The answer is simple. Luka went to a… https://t.co/6GU36t7QnP pic.twitter.com/d2RdVoJXYE— LakerTom (@LakerTom) April 7, 2025
TEAM DEFENSE >>> INDIVIDUAL DEFENSELakers trade Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic. LA sees their defense get better while Dallas sees their defense get worse. We know Luka is not a better defender than Anthony Davis, so what's going on here?The answer is simple. Luka went to a… https://t.co/6GU36t7QnP pic.twitter.com/d2RdVoJXYE— LakerTom (@LakerTom) April 7, 2025
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Shannon Sharpe letting Brian Windhorst and Stephen A. Smith hear it after the Lakers beat the Thunder 😂 pic.twitter.com/Z9fsUJwg7e— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) April 7, 2025
Shannon Sharpe letting Brian Windhorst and Stephen A. Smith hear it after the Lakers beat the Thunder 😂 pic.twitter.com/Z9fsUJwg7e— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) April 7, 2025
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New pod.The Lakers got one of their most impressive wins of the season at OKC. The guys discuss Luka beating OKC's switches & leading the way on offense, the team's defensive gameplan vs. SGA & the Thunder, Rui, DFS, LeBron's leadership & MORE. 🎧: https://t.co/28hTYcmspe pic.twitter.com/PfGupH8r0W— Laker Film Room Podcast (@LFRPod) April 7, 2025
New pod.The Lakers got one of their most impressive wins of the season at OKC. The guys discuss Luka beating OKC's switches & leading the way on offense, the team's defensive gameplan vs. SGA & the Thunder, Rui, DFS, LeBron's leadership & MORE. 🎧: https://t.co/28hTYcmspe pic.twitter.com/PfGupH8r0W— Laker Film Room Podcast (@LFRPod) April 7, 2025
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Against OKC, the Lakers generated 36 open to wide open threes (defender 4-6+ feet away).They shot 20-36 (55%) on those. I dove into the film to breakdown how those threes were generated, and how it portends well for the playoffs. My latest for @LakersSBN. Link ⬇️— Raj C. (@RajChipalu) April 7, 2025
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Gigi Bryant would have been a freshman on this UConn national championship team. I thought about Kobe Bryant when UConn played UCLA in the Final Four. Reggie Miller was hoping Gigi would stay closer to home and go to UCLA but Kobe said, "She is hellbent on going to UConn!" https://t.co/KGPL31MmuX— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 7, 2025
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"When you think you can't, UCONN" -Gigi Bryant 💙🐺Vanessa Bryant shared a heartwarming post about Gigi's love for UConn after the Huskies won the National Championship (via vanessabryant/IG) pic.twitter.com/W4YU7n6nXD— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 7, 2025
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Michael Hinrich, AKA Michael H, has been a Lakers fan since his 5th grade basketball coach, who had played with Wilt Chamberlain at Kansas, turned him into a Wilt fan and Lakers fan when Wilt was traded to L.A.
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