Michael Malone on confidence when trailing Because history will tell you that when we have a big lead we tend to relax I still would like to stop giving ourselves double-digit deficits as we have in games 1 amp 2 so hopefully we get a lead but its not too big of a lead

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Boki Nachbar-Karl Malone incident Malone undercuts a dunking Boki Boki then blocks Malone who gets triggerred

The Minnesota Timberwolves smothering defense that held the Denver Nuggets to 35 points at half and a 26 point deficit without Rudy Gobert May 6 2024

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Mikal Bridges clearly loses his man but manages to stop his momentum on the defender to get back on defense