2023-05-21 05:24:00
In a Game 3 dominated by the Nuggets, D’Angelo Russell was transparent at the worst of times. Between lack of responsibility and lack of address, we are largely in the negative in terms of impact for the leader of Los Angeles… and this since the beginning of the series.
It is clear that Denver is the best team in this Conference final: deeper squad, role players who are present in the important moments and superstars in top form. On the Lakers side, where the role players were much better once morest the Warriors, they struggled much more once morest Denver. D’Angelo Russell is the symbol with a new statistical copy worthy of the biggest dunces of TTFL: 3 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 ball losses at 1/8 shooting (1/6 at 3-pointers) in 20 minutes… Between off-time shots and other wide open shots, Russell was clearly not up to speed and quickly found himself on the bench filling in cups of Gatorade for the pals. A trend that extends to the entire series:
D’Angelo Russell this series:
Game 1: 8 Points, 4/11 FGM, 0/3 3PM
Game 2: 10 Points, 3/8 FGM, 1/5 3PM
Game 3: 3 Points, 1/8 FGM, 1/6 3PM pic.twitter.com/wSqc17RinH
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Afterwards, if we force ourselves to see the positive, D’Angelo Russell still brought creation to pick-and-roll for Anthony Davis. Surely one of the best partners of the Californian pivot to serve him in action. But despite this, without being able to punish with his shot, he is not of much use on the field… This is also one of the reasons why Dennis Schroder passed him in the rotation by playing more minutes ( 24) during the game. Especially since Schroder already brings better off-ball defense than D-Lo when it comes to cutting his defender from passing lines. We saw him in sequences annoy Murray in this way. Even Lonnie Walker had significant playing time in this match to try and make up for his team’s lack of skill. If Darvin Ham has once once more opened his bench in this game, it’s certainly not to get everyone to play but rather to try to find solutions to certain problems…
New carrot for D-Lo in this Conference final as the Lakers need him to make a difference in this series. It seems so far from the time of Brooklyn when you get used to these lines of stats… Come on, let’s discover a good shot and concentrate for Game 4!
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