SHOULD THE LAKERS BE WORRIED? THUNDER at LAKERS | FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS | August 5, 2020 The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 105-86. Chris Paul led the way for the Thunder with 21 PTS, 7 REB and 6 AST, while LeBron James tallied 19 PTS, 11 REB and 4 AST for the Lakers. Watch More Videos: Make The Shot, I'll Buy You Anything: https://youtu.be/qtBa3Wv37xw Crazy Game of Basketball Dodgeball: https://youtu.be/DkOIz8asAfo Instagram: @rayrrodriguez_ Twitter: @rayrrodriguez_ Beats by: Nocturn: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Mf7_YXe83CsYBVwKf3m6Q After losing by nearly 20 points to the 5th seed Oklahoma City Thunder led by an aging Chris Paul, I’m starting to wonder if the lakers should be worried about their chance at a championship this year. I’m going to give reasons as to why this loss should worry the lakers and then I’m going to give reasons as to why it shouldn’t and I’m going to ask for your opinions down below The first reason the lakers should be worried is the most obvious one that everyone except Shannon sharp, nick wright, and Kendrick Perkins can see. And that reason is: If we can’t beat the thunder, how do we expect to beat the clippers? The second reason the lakers should be worried is because we play terrible perimeter defense. As a whole, the lakers play good defense. They are 3rd in the nba in defensive ratings but they are one of the worst teams in perimeter defense. The Oklahoma City Thunder took advantage of that last night and their players filled up the stat sheets. The thunder had no problem catching the ball on the perimeter and taking the ball to the hole on the lakers. Both teams did a terrible job shooting from 3 as they both only made 5 threes last night but I’m a bit worried as to how the lakers are going to defend the clippers when they have all of their players. Kawhi and Paul George can score more than 30 points from anywhere on the court and then the clippers also have guys like Lou will who can dominate around the perimeter. The entire game you can see the thunder taking advantage of the weak perimeter defense and that is not going to be good for us lakers when we play the clippers in the playoffs. Now that we talked about why this is worrisome for the lakers, let’s talk about why it could also not be that big of a deal Lakers clinched the first seed Could’ve said in the locker room that they’re just going to play lackadaisical But at the same time, i don’t think that’s the case because right now, every single nba player can use the competition as practice for the playoffs since they didn’t play basketball for 4 months. *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS* #Lakers #Thunder #LeBronJames