Hayes is unplayable, get him out of the game. Two incredibly stupid plays in a row.

No clue what Reaves is doing there on that 2 on 1.

I guess the Thunder are going to lose in the WCF.

Yeah - noticed that in the 2nd quarter. He can't be out there.

Lakers sure look like they're gonna lose this series. Even if they hang on here, I'm not sure how they can win on the road trying to win a game by playing a couple of 8 minute stretches of quality basketball and hanging on like grim death for the remaining 26 minutes...

WCF? Is Kawhi getting hurt or something?

Luka is capable of some crazy shit and that's what it'll take, I think.

Reaves sure seems like he can get to the rim at will.

So the Lakers should probably take more 3 pointers.

They could put the ball in Reaves hands and let him take it home, IMO.

Minnesota will have to adjust if they lean into it. He's just cutting right through them whenever he really wants to.

The Clippers are not allowed to win anything.

Helps that they usually put their two best perimeter defenders on Luka/LeBron, but I still think there might too much size around the rim for Reaves to finish consistently against this team.

I'd go to Luka.

Same for the Raptors but Kawhi fought through that in 2019.

LeBron.

Right -- eventually.

But I think you force them off him by heavily featuring Reaves until they adjust.

That will help Luka find some space. Feels like he hasn't hit a shot since the 2nd quarter and they're making him work his ass off (and really settle into a distributor role).

You could use Reaves to help him out a bit. Have Luke set some screens, get some switches onto Reaves and work a little more without the ball to create some looks.

Right now he's really struggling trying to run the offense in the half-court because they're collapsing on him with their best defenders.

It's more about the Lakers, they don't want competition for them.

Oh, I'd certainly go to Reaves more in game 3 for exactly the reasons you cite. But Luka down the stretch for me is the guy.