LaRavia's small shooting tweaks have him confident and that confidence has carried into games.
βI think Jake had a really nice base and foundation to shoot with, so it wasn't like he was completely revamping his shot on those small tweaks. And ultimately, the tweaks don't matter if they don't give you confidence. And so I feel like he's shooting the ball with a lot of confidence right now, and he feels confident in his shot. [He's had] a great summer shooting the ball, has had a great training camp of practices shooting the ball, and that's carried over to games.β
LaRavia says Lakers' rebounding issues come down to physicality and all five crashing.
βWe are missing, you know, our seven-foot, you know, two center and walker. So that's going to help a little bit when he comes back. For the most part, it's just about getting to the bodies and being physical, making sure all five guys are crashing.β
Reaves says the Lakers want to model their disruptive.
βYou obviously want to defend without fouling. You want to be disruptive enough to make them turn the ball over. You just got to find that fine line to where you're not fouling too much. But heating the ball up at the same time, I think, you know, OKC does really. Those are probably top five in all defensive categories and I think 23rd in fouls or something like that last year. So, do what they do.β
The defensive plan is to pressure the opposing best players while keeping the ball in front.
βPutting pressure on the other team's best players. But just doing that, but being able to keep the ball in front at the same time, not getting blow-by's... We want them to pressure but be smart while doing it.β
Lakers hope for news soon and a look at full strength in one game.
βWould love to get some news on some people in the next few days and be able to see what you know we look like at full strength at least in one of these games.β
