Hard for me to believe that Lakers won in OT last night. Without LeBron and AD , lakers are really a total different team that can't even fight for playoffs but with them in the court , everything changes for Lakers.
Also , with this W from last night , their chances to catch playoffs are once again in their hands but still , if AD or Lebron will miss some games due to injuries , I'm afraid Lakers dream of catching playoffs will be crushed.
Sad for Bulls too , as my team simply doesn't have the same chemistry between players like they had last year and I think it's all to LaVine as even last night he had a poor performance.
Lakers will have to perform better and consistently, if they want to keep the hopes alive of playing in the playoffs. Otherwise, it is not happening. They cannot just win one and lose one. They will have to win consistently. They have had five wins in the last five games. That is just simply not good enough.
And it's the same with the Bulls as well.
Still, plenty of games, if they can't make it to the top 6, I'm sure they'll make it to the play-in tournament, and when that happened as long as Davis is healthy, I believe the Lakers have a decent chance of getting to the playoffs. Look at the Warriors and Clippers now, they are behind in standing before but they are already now in the top 5 and top 4 respectively, it's because of the close competition in the West.
Yeah, but Davis is still very fragile, there are some scary moments when you see him limping after a rebound. So still very dangerous for Lakers if he will be injured again or later when they are trying to make a playoff/playin position.
Obviously Lebron is not going to slow down, on the contrary you can see that he has someone got his second wind. It's probably he is excited to break the all time record of Jabbar. I think he already carved his name as one of the greatest Lakers if he did that. With Kareem, Shaq, Kobe, Magic and him at that Mt. Rushmore of Lakers great.
For Lakers to succeed, Anthony Davis and LeBron James have to stay healthy. Because right now these two are the biggest contributors to the team. If any of these two somehow get injured, I honestly do not see a way for Lakers to reach the playoffs. They have laid well in the last game. But because of some mistakes, it almost cost them the match. I know LeBron James is going to be named one of the best of all time for the Lakers. But I think he still has a lot to give to the team.
Regards
Duke