For a Golden State Warriors team looking to once again avoid playoff elimination, the recipe for success against the Los Angeles Lakers seems quite simple following a Game 5 victory — Make Anthony Davis work defensively.
The defending champions know that the Lakers would prefer to use ‘AD’ as a roamer, deploying Davis on Golden State’s worst shooter so that he can hang around the paint and deter shots at the rim. To counter, the Warriors have used Davis’ man as the screener in pick-and-roll actions, luring the big man out of the paint and freeing up lanes to the basket.