The resemblance to past Lakers great close-out playoff wins was so great, even relative newcomer LeBron James felt it, writes The Times' Bill Plaschke.
D’Angelo Russell scores 31, LeBron James adds 22 and Anthony Davis dominates on defense as the Lakers eliminate Memphis in Game 6 rout Friday night.resoundingly lived up to their legacy.Hoping to make a statement across the upside-down NBA playoff landscape, they screamed it., and, just like so many previous memorable moments in their history, the locals have sent the postseason’s first round cowering into the spring night.
The game was so lopsided, the starters were pulled just three minutes into the fourth quarter. The effort was so intense, the Lakers blocked 15 shots, outscored the Grizzlies by 20 points in the paint, and scored more than twice as many second-chance points.LeBron James“This franchise is known for winning championships and winning big and playing in big games and being a part of the postseason and the fans coming out and having an opportunity to be a part of that,” said James.
Shaq and Kobe did this kind of stuff once. Championship runs looked like this once. This all feels so familiar. It all feels so right.The Friday night stage was set for drama. Gold glow sticks were waved hauntingly from the stands. Jack Nicholson was sitting courtside for the first time this season. James showed up more than four hours early. Then the game started, and the noise started, and for more than two hours it never quieted, every decibel thunderous, every decibel earned.
“He was A.D.,” said James. “The world knows … how dominant A.D. is defensively … so, he was A.D. He was spectacular.” “It’s unreal, man, I’m telling you, man, it’s unreal,” said coach Darvin Ham. “Bron, man, I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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