Los Angeles Lakers: 3 Lessons from the win against Utah Jazz
By Ronald Agers
Anthony Davis showed up, dominated the Jazz and laughed at LeBron upsetting the announcers!
No disrespect to Kristaps Porzingis, but he’s not the “Unicorn”. Anthony Davis is. This dude cannot be stopped when he is on his game. Right now, AD could be the best 2-way player on the planet right now. It’s not even close.
A guy that had to have an I.V. put in his arm to finish the Nuggets game the night before dismantled the Jazz front line with 26 points (On 9-of-11 shooting), 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. This block right here shows why this dude if he gets tougher could be the modern-day Wilt Chamberlain.
https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1202432624771264513
It’s the athleticism folks. Bojan Bogdanovic is wide open in the corner for a 3-point shot. Look at the ground AD covers to contest the shot. When Bojan hits him with the pump fake, Davis flies by. How many players on this planet can recover and STILL block the shot? Everyone remembers the Zion Williamson block in college, this defensive play is even more impressive.
Still think the late great Wilt Chamberlain comparisons are too strong?
https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1202438361035788288
Lake Show Life doesn’t. AD does a spin move between Dante Exum and Joe Ingles and dunks on former Laker Ed Davis.
This speaks little on how badly he affected the Utah Jazz frontline. Rudy Gobert was spotty in his work in the paint, while Jeff Green, Ed Davis and Joe Ingles were non-existent.