LALLuka Dončić · Austin Reaves · Matisse ThybulleGameplanPresser1d

Lakers leaned on stack actions against drop coverage and gave players freedom to set them.

“We ran a lot of stack versus their drop and they did a good job of, you know, touching the paint. We told the guys basically of freedom at any time. If you're on the double side, go set a stack screen.”

LALAdou ThieroDevelopmentPresser1d

Thiero recovered from early defensive mistakes and was great on the offensive glass.

“I thought his first two defensive possessions he made mistakes and then after that he was awesome. He was great on the offensive glass... I think they blitzed three times in the first half and two of those were against him. He makes the short roll and he gets the lob.”

LALAdou ThieroDevelopmentPresser1d

Thiero has established a baseline level of effort and energy.

“he's really established that level of effort and energy as like a baseline that, you know, for him to be a high level player in the NBA, he's just going to have to have that.”

DETAusar Thompson · John CollinsMinutes & UsagePresser3d

Thompson says he'll try to do a better job feeding John Collins.

“he able to spread the court hit threes catch lobs set screens roll and in the post you know he able to get his own bucket So super dynamic and I feel you know I gonna try to do a better job of feeding him”

DETKevin HuerterDevelopmentPresser4d

Huerter has surprised teammates with his passing and defense beyond his known shooting.

“We all knew that he was a great shooter coming in, but we didn't know that he could dribble, pass, defend the way he's doing.”

DETKevin HuerterDevelopmentPresser4d

Huerter reads how he is guarded in the first two plays and builds a plan.

“He can see the first two plays of a game, how you're going to guard him, and then he has a plan to attack that. If you're going to be aggressive versus him early, he knows to get off of it.”