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Get shot on we couldn't we couldn't generate no good offense. Um, they was they were switching everything. They had a good good game plan

Switching everything loading up. Um

They took care of the glass. We couldn't get an offense rebounds. Um, they got a lot of offense rebounds

Um, I think they just came out real focused with a real with a real tight game playing the first quarter

We I mean, I think we guarded them well the whole game. They only scored what 90 90

98 points, you know I'm saying so I mean we could score

You know I'm saying you can say it's missed shots or you can say they play good defense

But um, I just think we couldn't get you generate no good offense. Um, they had a real good game plan

We're just switching loading up and and making it tough for them. So so kudos to JJ kudos to them over there

It was it was tough on the offensive end for us

Kind of a similar question, but specifically what did JJ change from the previous games to get out on the shooters better than before?

Um, like I said, they were they were switching, you know, threes come out of a drop maybe come out of the come out of the

Pick and roll. Maybe we can make a skip pass. Maybe you you

Set a screen roll out be in the pocket kick it to the corner

Like we couldn't really get none of that because Aiden is switching Jackson Hayes is switching and they might go small

With a review on at five right at the five. So it's just it was kind of tough was tough on us in that sense

We couldn't generate

Penetration we couldn't get paint touches

And they was just loading up, you know, I'm saying and we kind of turned out some shots early and they took her to glass

too, you know when you when you don't get up good shots, it's hard to crash behind it as hard to

Use one of our best attributes as offensive rebounder. So I mean, I think that's what they changed

I think they switched everything for the most part

They let I'll be playing a little bit more one-on-one so we couldn't get out of the flood

out of the double teams in the post so they kind of just kept bodies in front of bodies in and

They they they guard us pretty well. We scored 70 some points. That's like the 60s

So, I mean they caught us that guy was real good

But the main thing was just they were switching it such switching everything and taking away the three-ball

Jabari I feel like from game one

The Lakers always had to answer to everything you guys tried to do

Is there a simple answer to why they were able to ultimately win this series or is it a more complex answer?

Um, I think we waited I think the first two games. I think we just wasn't

We kind of waited, you know, I'm saying we wasn't I feel like if you look at game three

Three four five six. I think the the fight we had is a little different, you know, the first game was kind of easing into it

Expecting it to happen and not, you know, not working working to get leads working to sustain leads

We had really two bad first quarters one great game won the game to allow with 39 points 38 points 40 points

so I think is I think it was a starts that really that really um

It really affected us. You can't you can't start off with no playoff series like that. You can't start off

Lots of days are cool. You can't ease your way into a playoff game

You know I'm saying you got to start start from the jump start from the get-go

So I think I think that was a big thing

I don't think it's one specific thing that they just

Kept doing like I said, they started switching

But I mean they was switching at times and the other games we could score on it

So just depend on how you want to look at it

I mean if you look at the categories we beat them in a lot of categories

But I think it was just the first two games that really hurt us being down

Oh two and then something like game three happens where you look back at the first two games like dang

If we got those you know game three wouldn't wouldn't be as big as it was

But when you look at game three is a game. We easily could have won up six with like a minute left

Mistakes happen, but um yeah, I mean, I don't think it was

overly like

Just just a

Adjustment any anybody made it was kind of just I think we waited too long to get into the series honestly

Jabari having to figure