The Warriors have figured out their IDENTITY! – Zach Lowe reacts to win vs. Lakers | NBA Today

The Warriors have figured out their IDENTITY! – Zach Lowe reacts to win vs. Lakers | NBA Today

We had a bunch of teams in action including Kendrick Perkins it’s a little bit of a gold rush here in Golden State the Warriors they picked it up right where they left off look at those pants I wonder if they got them in the4 they don’t they don’t I need them well you

Can have them if you can throw passes like that perk you see Steph Curry Steph Johnson should I say the no look behind the back dime all time on Target and the smile and the joy he had 25 points in the first half kept it going here but

Look this is what I like right the new system Steph Curry being the primary ball handler some nice screen setting going on right you have to do the move and I look and look at the isolation yeah had my boy doing the tacha slide a little wiggle there for Steph Curry gets

It to Brandon paj jimsky psky he’s feeling like he can pull up from Steph not quite don’t worry Andrew Wiggins though he gets it the Warriors they lead by 11 at the break today but Steph Curry he kept it rolling in the second half look first of all let’s talk about the

Handle taking more responsibility the nice little pump fake to the filet on the lay in and I’ll do the wiggle perk since you won’t pump fake there Step through and then of course you’ve got the millisecond shot coming up turning the corner he’s able to get to the rim

He’s able to knock down threes what can he not do the Warriors they win 128 110 Curry had 32 and 8 let’s take a look listen at Steph on the rest of the season that is that is the six seat is the goal cuz that you know I takes you

Out it guarantees you a spot in the series and that’s what we want but in order to in the way our season’s gone taking a big goal and breaking it down this is probably the ultimate test of stay right where you are um win every

Game that’s in front of you build up you know a joy and an energy and you know momentum well they’ve been doing all that stuff you really have over their last 11 games they’ve won nine and held leads in each of their losses as well and golden state has used defense right

To help sustain the Run ranking third on that end of the floor it’s no coincidence Draymond Green is back so as promised Zack low is here let’s welcome him into the conversation because the Warriors they are rolling Zack low so what have they proven during this recent stretch to

You they have an identity they’ve figured out their team and what’s always so tantalizing about the Warriors even when they’re in a slump is they play a style nobody else plays built around Steph and the way he moves around the floor and draymond’s pass in and when they’re healthy and when they’re whole

When draymond’s available they were so close to landing on that identity and then bam they got it Draymond starting at Center ad dose of kaminga psky fits right in Clay’s playing Better Off the Bench he didn’t make shots last night but I like the way he moved the ball

They’re getting Chris Paul back for those bench units they have found a style and an identity on both ends of the floor that fits their team and when you know who you are and you know what you want out of every possession it’s a powerful thing when you have a superstar

Like Steph Curry Andrew Wiggins is playing better this team is rolling and if they can get into the playoffs and it is a huge if as Steph said they would be a scary first round opponent for anybody at the top of the West I agree with

Everything Zach said but he left out a key word a the word new new identity right they’re playing differently now with this lineup especially this starting five we s a lot more pick and rolls with Steph Curry we send a lot of more isolations with Steph Curry a lot

More post-ups with Jonathan kaminga and it’s the right mixture it’s like jumal right in order for it to taste good you got to have the right ingredients in there sometimes you may throw in some Zumo sausages with shrimp and crawfish tails but that’s what I’m looking at

When I’m looking at the Golden State Warriors right you have draym mg green you have Steph Curry the veterans and then all of a sudden you add a Sprinkle of Andrew Wiggins who’s in the middle of his prime but has been struggling but it fits well with him him pinski I got his

Name right the Crawfish or the it don’t matter I’m going tell you what he is he’s leading the league and taking charges right that’s a a a a thing that doesn’t show up in the stat sheet and is so valuable so this starting five with Klay accepting his role coming in off

The bench with a new offense this has been beautiful well the fact of the matter is that Steph Curry is taking matters into his own hands I know a lot of people here perk have been critical of Steph and his leadership in some way saying he needs to be vocal in what he

Wants well everyone knows Steph Curry lets his play do the talking and what have we seen we’ve seen him and Coach Steve C alluded to this postgame he’s trying to be more aggressive to start games he had 16 points in the first quarter watch this point guard responsibilities rejects the screen gets

To his own three again here oh my like I freaked out when I watch this play watch the push off bam there there he goes he goes flying knocks down another three and then here again has the ball in his hand just able to use his hand

Crosses over tough finish with the pump big there Steph is taking matters into his own own hands I think he has heard the criticism he reads it we all know that at half and most importantly they feel better they play more aggressive when he starts the game as such right he

He really is setting the tempo for the rest the tone for the rest of the team alongside Draymond Green as youve pointed out so many times defensively but at the end of the day the question does okay does it matter and I don’t mean that to just sound like glass half

Full I mean that because that’s how tight the western conference is is it too little too late because if you take a look at after last night’s actions this is what the playin tournament would look like in the west it’s insane the Suns they’d host the kings in the

Seventh seed game and then the Lakers they would take on the Warriors and both teams remember they need to win two games just to make it into the playoffs now I would never bet against LeBron James or Steph Curry in these single elimination games but you’re going to

Have to do that exactly because the Lakers they said it ninth in the west they’re only a half game up on the Warriors after last night darham said that he expects right LeBron James to be back in Action tonight against Victor wanyama and the San Antonio Spurs but

They really only have 25 games left in the season how dire are things right now perk for LeBron James and the Lakers I’m confused now I’m not the I’m not I’m not the sharpest knife in the draw but damn it I am a butter knife and I can’t cut

You everywhere but Loose okay so when I think about last night why did LeBron James sit out like you’re playing the San Antonio Spurs to tonight and all of a sudden he’s likely to play he’s going to be available so I’m thinking about the allstar game happen Sunday you had

Monday Tuesday Wednesday you could have played last night the Lakers need that game they’re in the playin tournament right you’re three games away with 25 games left of actually getting into the playoff hunt and all of a sudden you didn’t play last night against the gold State Warriors when your team needed you

The most right like but look but isn’t it a back to back how old is LeBron James yeah but okay if it is a backtack why not sit out tonight it makes sense for you to sit out tonight you play the Suns on Sunday are both both of those

Teams in the west yeah you know like it’s you’re going to climb up the standings I know you might think head to-head you might want to win versus I’m just saying like but strategically we saw it wasn’t just LeBron James it was also Kawhi Leonard that sat out leading

Into all right but you could you could maybe more feasibly eat beat the Spurs without without LeBron but what happened last time we saw him you know they tried play that gamble before I think they won with ad and they lost with LeBron too so

Yeah but it’s a critical part of the the season the moment we’re at the second half of the season so you’re saying he should play in every game no no no no no no no what I’m saying is is play against Golden State okay give your chance your

Team a better chance of beating the Warriors right going head-to-head sit out tonight then you rest tonight you rest Saturday and then you go against the Phoenix on Sunday I mean you know this we both have been in this situation where sometimes they want to extend your

Rest right like so your rest it it’s instead of dividing it by saying okay you play this game and then you’re off this day like if you’re coming off a ball so break we’re going to give you a maximum amount of days instead of you know breaking that up yeah three s yeah

But three he was going to use that time to rest and Rehab his ankle and we don’t know exactly what that rest and Rehabilitation included this is a time that players use to get their body right for that final stretch I would have loved to see LeBron James in action

Against Steph Curry but I’m not mad that it’s against Victor wanyama where do you fall in this Zach looking at these next five games and knowing that really they’re looking up at a lot of these teams in the standings yeah three games doesn’t seem like a lot to make up but three games

With 25 or whatever games left and you’re talking about good teams ahead of them that’s a lot I don’t know if it’s dire but right now the chances are way more than 5050 that the Warriors and the Lakers are stuck in that 910 game unless one of them really gets gets rolling and

One of the teams above them gets into a bad slump and the Suns game on that schedule Circle that one the Suns have the hardest remaining schedule in the league the Kings have the second hardest remaining schedule in the Western Conference the Lakers and the Warriors have to be crossing their fingers that

One of those two teams gets in a slump and gets down into their range to put number eight in play and that head-to-head game against the Suns is a big big one for that reason yeah climbing up to that six seed will be very very difficult for both of the but

The Warriors have figured out their IDENTITY! – Zach Lowe reacts to win vs. Lakers | NBA Today
The NBA Today crew react to the Golden State Warriors’ win over the Los Angeles Lakers and discuss what the Lakers needs to do in their next 5 games.
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0:00 Breaking down Lakers vs. Warriors
2:00 What have the Warriors
5:56 How dire are things for the Lakers right now?

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