For this game? Luka was more of a liability in both ends of the court, he just scored 17 points, a far dismay from his average. And then the Wolves decided to go physical and it's their homecourt so the Lakers was not able to steal this one.
The Lakers-Wolves series isn't progressing the way I expected. LeBron didn't score much in the first two games, and now Luka is having trouble with his field goal percentage. If in the first two games, Randle and ANT were the main difficulties for the Lakers, now McDaniels has also joined in, unexpectedly scoring 30 points in the third game.
Luka has struggled in his game because it was reported that he had stomach illness, so it really affected his performance. So that is a big factor for them to lose the game tonight because their top scorer is not feeling well. Although Lebron and Reaves try their best to really fought all the way, but when you have the likes of McDaniels who suddenly scores that kind of points, it's hard to bet the Wolves.
Also, I like the respect of ANT towards Lebron and in this game. He also said that Lebron is shooting from "Yucatan" which some might not know that place. If you can find it in Google Map, please share it here.
Great game as well between the Magic and the Celtics, Magic escape with a win. Also the Bucks stops the trash talking Pacers as they beat them, as Gary Trent exploding with 9 three point shots setting a record for the Bucks with 37 big points.
Magic only escape the win because the ball bounced at the back of the rim and it took around 2.6 seconds before somebody got the ball. It was only 0.3 seconds left when the Celtics called a timeout hence, the victory of the Magic. I'm not saying that the bounce of the ball made the Magic won, but if that ball bounced in a different way, the Celtics might have a higher chance of winning it still. We know the capabilities of the Celtics. The Magic won and now it's 2-1. As for the Bucks-Pacers, it's a must win for them, and they got it. In the absence of Lillard who only scored 7 points, Trent stepped up making 9 3-pt FG which tied for the most in a game in playoff history. The question now is, will he be a consistent shooter all throughout the series? Can he step up if Lillard's having a bad night obviously because of the injury because Giannis needs help from other teammates in terms of offense. If only they didn't trade Middleton.
