Aloha,
Well that was not good. Still, not time to panic. Yet. Playoff series are rarely won without winning at least one road game and we have another shot tomorrow.
The most important thing for tomorrow will be Luka’s health. He gave his best but he was clearly struggling with what has been called a stomach flu. Our margin for error in the playoffs is slender and we need everyone healthy to have a chance.
Even with Luka sick we were tied at 103. And we definitely did some good things beyond LeBron’s stellar game. We found our 3 point stroke and shot 43% from 3. We were also even in rebounds. Rudy has been handled. Actually it is better for us when he’s playing.
Defensively we were fine. It was not our defense. It was our offense. 19 turnovers, most of them live ball turnovers that led to 28 points. Now some of those were the result of good Wolves defense but far too many were stupid, and they seemed to score every time we had one of those. Also, poor free throw shooting did not help the cause.
We can win this series but we will need Luka feeling better and fewer stupid turnovers to do it. Let’s hope that happens Sunday.
I didn’t watch the game, but seeing the word “turnover” pretty much said it all. Never liked a game where the Lakers turned the ball over. And the fact that Luka was sick didn’t help either. I hope he gets better next game. Margin of error getting tighter. Not a situation you want to be in, but here’s hope they can turn things around.