Los Angeles Lakers: 3 Lessons from the win against Utah Jazz

The Los Angeles Lakers started another win streak blowing the Utah Jazz off their home floor. Lake Show Life breaks the game down (or festivities!) in Lake Show Life Lessons!

It’s times like these when NBA writers, bloggers, radio hosts, podcasters and TV personalities get exposed as to if they are actually paying attention to the Los Angeles Lakers or are they just looking at the schedules to make “hot takes” for clicks and clout. If you have been following Lake Show Life, you will realize that we pay attention.

The Los Angeles Lakers really do have a different set of rules when they sit at the top of the mountain. Nothing’s ever good enough. After rolling the competition in November, the so-called experts brought out the list of pitfalls for the Lakers.

• Things will change in December, the Los Angeles Lakers have their toughest month of the season.
• The Lakers will surely will crash and burn on the road against legitimate playoff competition.   
• After the Dallas Mavericks whipped them Sunday, the Lakers won’t win back-to-back games in two of the toughest arenas in the NBA. In Denver with the altitude? The crowd noise in Utah? Won’t happen.
• Plus half the team has flu-like symptoms? Somebody call Vegas!

Does anyone have that old tweet from the Lakers social media department warning the NBA? They all deserve raises because it’s no longer a secret. This team is a collection of talent with bad intentions.

Denver’s altitude is a problem within itself and with flu-like symptoms, the Lakers still found a way to shut them out in crunch time. If that wasn’t enough, the Lakers put on a comedy act in Utah blowing out the Jazz 121-96.

The Lakers story can be summed up with a simple play by Dwight Howard.

Dwight Howard actually knocked down a 3-point shot in the left corner looking like Steph Curry. You can all now break out the Ben Simmons jokes!

Lake Show Life realizes that most fans can only get the Lakers games on the local cable channel, Spectrum SportsNet. But a word of advice. If you can ever stream the other team’s broadcast during a blowout, DO IT! It can be some of the most hilarious commentary you ever want to hear.

Craig Bolerjack and Matt Harpring sounded like they needed therapy after the thorough butt-whipping the Jazz took. These two were upset. Matt Harpring compared Howard to Dennis Rodman running down the court after hitting that shot from distance.

Here’s where the announcers lost it. Kyle Kuzma, who’s defense has been to be kind “suspect” turned into “Kuzma Mutumbo” throwing shots back left and right. Check out the sound!

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LeBron James antics brought out jokes all around Twitter as the Lakers partied on the sideline.

They are right though, this isn’t playground ball. This was a “Rucker League” or “Drew League” beat down. LeBron James had already given his shoes to fans and was dancing on the floor in his socks. It’s been a long time since that Walt Frazier criticism last year.

Everyone that touched the floor scored with ease. The game was over after a huge run in the first quarter and the Jazz got very intimidated. This wasn’t even close. Outside of the opening preseason game against the Golden State Warriors maybe, this was the most complete blowout the Lakers have had this season.

Well, the Los Angeles Lakers are 19-3 and the so-called “experts” are still holding their breath.

Let’s get to Lake Show Life Lessons!

LeBron James showed up, dominated the Jazz, then sat down and upset the Jazz announcers!

The Los Angeles Lakers are basically ending “load management” practice before the entire NBA’s eyes. Instead of resting their stars for a whole game, they just blow teams off the floor and rest them in quarters. LeBron James has his own ways of dealing with the controversy that is hindering the NBA. Lake Show Life knows the narrative, he does too apparently.

Well LeBron James did not break any records in this game, but he broke the wills of the Utah Jazz. The Lakers offense was orchestrated like a symphony with the ball in the King’s hands.

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The Lakers actually ran this play twice, to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with the exact same result. A lay-up with the Jazz defense looking totally fooled. LeBron James had yet another double-double scoring 20 points and dishing out 12 assists.

However, LeBron James did have his input on the comedy act in Utah. Something that Shaquille O’Neal will be bringing up real soon on Inside the NBA on TNT.

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Even though the box scores won’t show it, this was one of the cleaner, more efficient games for LeBron. After suffering through a stretch of games with turnovers, James only turned the ball over once. A 12-to-1 assist/turnover ratio like that will turn heads like the Utah Jazz did every time the Lakers ran a backdoor play.

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.

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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?

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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.

Rajon Rondo made history and Kyle Kuzma might have found his niche for the Los Angeles Lakers

Lake Show Life has been critical of Rajon Rondo’s play of late going back before LeBron’s explosion during Sunday’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks. He has played better since and he was rewarded.

Rajon Rondo hit LeBron James on what was seeming one of the 750 back door plays the Lakers ran to place himself in 17th position on the NBA’s All-Time list.

Rajon Rondo easily had his most efficient game of the season nearly notching a triple double with 14 points, 12 assists and 9 rebounds. This is the Rondo that the Lakers need. Just read what the defense gives him and make the right play.

It does wonders for the turnover column. Rondo only had two.

A special shout out to Dwight Howard. Along with his shot from distance, he is now 16th on the NBA’s All-Time list for blocked shots. He should pass the late Manute Bol by next week.

Finally Kyle Kuzma. One, he can’t catch a break. He got hit in his injured eye at the end of the game with about 30 seconds to go. Time to start thinking goggles Kuz.

Two, he reminds me a little bit of former NFL player Cris Carter. Back in the day on ESPN, Chris Berman and Tom Jackson would always joke “All he does is catch touchdowns!”

Well it seems all Kyle Kuzma does is hit buzzer beaters!

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Kyle Kuzma is starting to put together a long list of buzzer beaters that go back to last year. He is not afraid to lose points off of his field goal percentage. Up until the last moments of the game that provided the most entertainment when he had two blocks late, he was not playing well.

He scored 13 points in the game but shot 4-of-11 from the field and 2-of-7 from the line. He needs to have hustle plays in the trenches to build his confidence of belonging on the floor with the stars. The adjustment is tough for Kuz and he is trying. Hopefully he can get healthy to put everything together.

The Los Angeles Lakers face Carmelo Anthony and the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.