The Los Angeles Lakers are down 0-2, and need a change of scenery to help jumpstart a team that gave up a game they had in control yesterday in a tight loss to the thunder. The heroics of Kevin Durant in a tight game took away a victory for Kobe, Bynum and company.
Why should there be a different result when the Lakers come home? The Lakers have been one of the best home teams all year, and historically in playoff runs. The guys that aren't stars on the team, seem to step up more when they play at home, and the crowds energy and star power seems to feed the adrenaline rush. If the Lakers lose either of their home games the series is all but done, they need to hold serve at home.
The Lakers need to play the game the same way, except hopefully they can get better play from Sessions, Barnes, and Steve Blake. They have to keep the game at a grind it down tempo, and keep the speedy thunder from getting easy transition points, and uncontested jumpshots. The Lakers have to make everything tough for the Thunders big 3 of James Harden, Kevin Durant, and Russell Westbrook. It would be nice to keep at least 1 of those players below their average. Drama in L.A. once again? The Lakers don't seem to like it any other way.
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