The Los Angeles Lakers have won three straight games, carried largely by their defense, and they look to continue that trend as they host the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.
With Anthony Davis anchoring the defense, the Lakers held the highest scoring team in the NBA, the Memphis Grizzlies, to 110 points, followed by holding the Sacramento Kings, another top-10 offense, to just 100 and 99 points in back-to-back games.
The insertion of Max Christie into the starting lineup has paid dividends as he has done well in making things difficult at the point of attack and the Lakers as a whole have been much improved with their rotations and overall communication on that end of the court.