Lonnie Walker IV hardly played in any Lakers' playoff games before Monday, but he scored 15 fourth-quarter points in Game 4 to help beat the Warriors.
His teammates will tell you that, in terms of lost playing time, no Laker has had a more difficult time than Walker. They will also tell you that no Laker has stayed more positive and energetic and industrious in the wake of such hopelessness.So, yeah, when Davis and James approached Walker and thanked him in the sweaty epilogue to Monday’s masterpiece, he knew exactly what they were talking about.
Honestly, do you think the Warriors can beat the Lakers three straight times? Including once at Crypto.com Arena, where the Lakers have won eight straight games? And, in the most important moment of their most desperate game Monday, they just couldn’t figure out the Lakers’ defense, which held them to 17 points in the fourth quarter and swarmed their shooters such that Klay Thompson only made three baskets and Stephen Curry, despite scoring 31, missed the last two shots of the game with James hovering nearby.“One thing about when you play Golden State, you don’t have an opportunity to relax, you just don’t,” said James.
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