Dirk Nowitzki after game 2 The Lakers are always the ones who usually win the free throw battle This is new to them that they're getting clobbered more often

Luka Doncic with the game winning 3 pointer against Wolves in game 2 of 2024 Playoffs

Dallas hits 20 3 pointers to sweep the defending champ Lakers 2011

Luka and Kyrie score 36 each to send the Mavericks to the Finals 2024 WCF Game 5

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

Windhorst The Clippers were guilty of the same thing that the Nets were They had little brother syndrome They were so focused on not being the little brother anymore that they took way too big of gambles both teams were chasing The Lakers Knicks

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