Trey Murphy on the Lakers defense They play a really smart defense where they shut off driving lanes they help off of guys and they just try to funnel everything into the paint but also still try to take away paint points

The Lakers are slow to rotate on defense and Cason Wallace hits the wide open corner 3 to give him 8 points putting the Thunder up 9a 13-2 run by the Thunder

LeBron James with two consecutive turnovers and the Lakers with great defense at the other end twiceIncluding blocks by Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura that lead to a 24-second violation on the Thunder

Marcus Smart drives and makes the clutch And-1 layup to give the Lakers the lead with replaysHe also made the free throw

Lakers take a 1 point lead after Marcus Smart makes the bucket and converts the and-1

Marcus Smart screens Lu Dort away from LeBron James who then hits a jumper over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

JJ Redick when asked how close the Lakers are to competiting for titles - That's what we gotta figure out this offseason Proceeds to praise his players on how they handled the season individually and collectively