“LeBron is in playoff mode” – James Worthy EXCITED Los Angeles Lakers beat Toronto Raptors 128-111

“LeBron is in playoff mode” – James Worthy EXCITED Los Angeles Lakers beat Toronto Raptors 128-111

California Honda dealers Chris McGee James Worthy dererk fiser Mike bresnahan trudell out in Toronto the Lakers get the win over the Raptors they go to 4- one on this East Coast trip they are 10 games over 500 and they’re still in ninth place which is crazy but they used

A 36 to 21 third quarter and a dominant second half big game to blow this opening kind of cruise it was nice to have one of those yeah I mean Gater you know after the the games the three games they won prior to that was a must-win against a subpar team and you

Know they needed to just win the game uh and they they went and took care of business you know you can talk about the stats as much as you want but I think they just need to get this Victory against a poor team and they did that

Yeah yeah I mean in in a backto back situation often times you set yourself up for success by taking care of business the first night um and this was a professional win like these These are the types of games that like when you’re a professional team that has high

Expectations for yourself this is the game that you show up you take care of business get out of town and move on and close out the road trip yeah you know you speak a professional 38 assists for the Lakers really efficient you know they outscored Toronto by 24 from the

Three-point line even though the Lakers are shooting threes better this year than they have in 10 years it’s not a lot of times where they shoot a lot and really you know bludgeon a team from the three-point line to today was that day so a couple really good things I saw

From them uh you’re right defish now you got to be professional one more game you got to get through customs as quickly as you can not easy not easy you’re playing in DC tomorrow that’s so you got you got to finish that road trip 5-1 and keep

Putting pressure on the Phoenix Suns and the Sacramento Kings you know Phoenix has the hardest schedule in the NBA over their final seven games so Lakers need to keep you know putting away these teams below 500 keep those teams make those teams win cuz they start to fter

You might sneak out of that 9 10 game this trap game going in the DC you got to be careful cuz as you mentioned they get out Toronto midnight tonight yeah it’s going to be late then Customs is going to be a little while then Dallas

About do they find D like an hour drive something like that so yeah they got to they got to they got to be careful tomorrow because you know most guys are going to get in they probably have already slept a little bit so they’re going to have to adjust to that getting

In late and then getting up probably won’t get up in the morning it would be nice to finish that real Qui got to figure out got to figure out how to take care of this one tomorrow yeah I mean they they’ve done it on this trip already they won the game in Milwaukee

And they showed up in Memphis and took care of business so do it again tomorrow let’s go back to Toronto Ru haimura is with Mike trudell all right ruy haimura first of all how about that Jackson Hayes dunk what’ you think we didn’t expect that you know we uh I think he he

Fell so hard in the first half so I we we awarded about it but you know I guess I guess he was fine you know it was it was great yeah looked pretty easy for him he just went up put it between his legs no problem yeah he actually do that

During the warm-ups but I didn’t think he got like that so yeah it was it was it was pretty impressive all right another efficient scoring night for you ruy really have found your Rhythm found the places that you like to attack within that starting lineup what’s been

Working for you it’s just play for each other you know we we tra each other we share the balls and all that so yeah that’s that’s helping us right now and I think we got you got to keep doing the same thing four wins so far on this trip

Just the one loss but one more game to go against Washington what important for you guys to try and close it out on a back to back it’s a back to back like you say you know we got a rest rest start right now you know start from now

And we we just got to focus on next game and yeah we just got to play hard you know they play so hard so yeah I know I know the team so yeah you got to we got to we got to keep pushing of course that

Was your team before the trade to the Lakers you know them well uh they played pretty well in their game tonight against Milwaukee uh what are the keys for you against that specific team to just get a win yeah you just got to play harder you know uh they they’re a young

Team they’re trying to figure it out you know they have they have almost to play so you know uh we just got to we just got to focus on you know us and we got to be them appreciate it ruy thank you appreciate there is ruy haimura saying hello to the kids taking

Some photos they’ll be getting on a plane and playing against his former team the Washington Wizard tomorrow night BR and the Lakers pick up the win 128 to 111 they go to 43 and 33 let’s start with uh dowlo DLo had a big game 25 points big game we call it a heater

Seven of 14 from three we thought he had eight but they took one away after half review but he was uh you know lights out tonight also had seven assists yeah he’s a major threat because he does several things you know um he’s a big threat from behind the arc obviously and when

He’s handling the ball his ability to look off Defenders as he’s manipulating as he’s going downhill uh he throws the lob he makes a really nice exceptional passes leading his teammates out front but when he has that three ball going and he feels it uh he’s he’s one of the

Best in the league at at doing what he does as you take a look at this graphic right here he’s uh he’s he’s making it happen from behind the arc and the Lakers have always had that issue do we have three-point Shooters can we find that he’s a legitimate one that we can

Count on one of the best in the league no doubt yeah go ah fish yeah I mean I D’Angelo is the direct beneficiary and and probably the leading cause of like the increase in just the sheer volume of Threes that the Lakers really needed to be shooting mhm they are now shooting 41

Three-point attempts tonight it’s a lot for them there were a lot of nights where barely getting to the high 20s was it just wasn’t natural in the DNA for the team over the last four or five years so when you get into mid-30s 43-point attempts for a guy that can

Shoot the ball as well as D’Angelo does not necessarily as great getting downhill and and attacking the paint to score or in increasing threes is what that’s what’s going to benefit D’Angelo being able to shoot this many threes in the game 14 three-point attempts by himself that historically was half of

The threes the Lakers would shoot in in an entire game yeah that is what helps move the scoreboard and it’s it’s energizing the team in general you not shoot as high of percentage as he’s shooting but they need the volume in order to be able to compete against the

Best teams you know I love what you have brought up before educating fans and stuff about you know the Lakers were built around your two best players are paint guys yeah so you’re not going to shoot as many threes as the Warriors or other teams like the modern NBA is but

Right now you see that ball moving and the way the Lakers are playing and the way they’re spreading the floor those threes are starting to come like you guys have talked about so it’s been great to see kind of the evolution of this team pres let’s kind of switch

Gears and go to LeBron what’s funny about LeBron is just a couple nights ago he’s 9 for 10 the greatest knight ever in Laker history from three percentage wise with at least 10 attempts and tonight he shoots one yeah and he goes to the paint and does the does his work

And goes for 23 on 12 shots 10 of 12 and also has nine assists and just kind of another day at the office he can’t score 40 every night right yeah another day at the off so I kind like less than 30 minutes too yeah yeah that’s great yeah

Great thing about this game he barely played in the fourth quarter just the first few minutes ad got that fourth quarter rest so hopefully he’s uh that much more fresh tomorrow in DC yeah LeBron you know he did what he had to do you know why not let ad get his 21 and

12 you know let ruy get some shots let let DLo go nuts in the second half with with all the threes LeBron managed this game perfectly that’s why sometimes we talk about it and we do this a lot on on non-game day shows uh G hey are you know

Are we concerned about LeBron and his his workload and the minutes he’s playing the answer is almost always no because you know he he knows how to how to rest while in a game you know defer to your guys you know hopefully you get a blowout like tonight which has not

Been the norm for the season but you get to sit out you know a few extra minutes in that fourth quarter he’s a very smart guy if you distribute it’s a little bit easier than than having to score big game he doesn’t care what we all think

About the workload he’s going to play how he plays and you always say this on our air he he’s he prepares for this that’s his whole thing so he knows what he needs to do he knows the minutes he’s going to play in big game I think he’s

Got 63 points on the last in 30 shots his last two games I mean that’s that’s the efficiency 29 shots yeah I mean we said night in and night out his ability to choose what style of game he wants to play it’s like looking in your garage

Say oh I want to drive the rose or I don’t want to drive the Lexus or I want the B he picks a game he wants to play not a lot of Threes tonight maybe he didn’t have the lift maybe he knew his ankle that he didn’t have tonight what’s

That like you it’s kind of like your house Well mine’s a Ford mine’s a Ford I’ve seen you I’ve seen you roll up a couple different maybe uh some of that defish money that ain’t my money uh but uh yeah I mean his ability to know the team he’s

Playing and know how they’re going to defend him pick the game he wants to you know to to play against a particular team he he knows Toronto’s sucks and he knows like you know he know that Washington don’t mean to be tooo harsh but he know he knows that Washington

Will be a different style tomorrow so you know that’s that’s what he does he just kind of picks and chws who’s gardening how they planning that’s all you play they’ve lost 14 in a row so yeah it’s not a good team right now follow that one Bugatti was who’s

Bugatti was in the parking lot was that was your St fish you’re D for the night you drop that was Drake’s Bugatti Drake is no longer at the game busy right now no not this year they’ve lost a lot all right let’s hear what Darin ham has to

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“LeBron is in playoff mode” – James Worthy EXCITED Los Angeles Lakers beat Toronto Raptors 128-111