Whoa! Slow down! The Los Angeles Lakers had a bad game. Toronto was a bad matchup.
Toronto’s speed exploited the Lakers’ chief weakness (transition defense) and mitigated the Lakers’ chief strength (interior scoring) by double-teaming LeBron James and Anthony Davis in the post. The Raptors phenomenal closeouts and rotations forced the other three players to knock down semi-contested threes.
And Chick Hearn was rolling in his grave trying to call all the missed shots! The Lakers could not throw a grape into the ocean! Danny Green couldn’t get water if he fell out of a boat!