6/7/2023 0 Comments Playing a happy game no 11![]() Gabriel may not replicate Davis’ elite defense (no one can, really) but at the very least, he offers rim protection and much-needed interior presence that the Lakers desperately need when Davis sits. In game 5, Ham decided to play Gabriel for eight minutes (his highest of the series) and held up better compared to when James or Rui Hachimura takes over the 5 when Davis sits. ![]() These mistakes can’t happen again and if the Lakers want to finally close out the series on Friday, here are two other things to look out for: Will we still see the small-ball lineup in this game? It’s also as simple as the Lakers shooting 25.6% from the three-point line compared to the Grizzlies’ 35%, Desmond Bane continuing to torch the Lakers’ defense, and the Lakers once again - for the fifth game in a row - faltering when their small-ball lineups were utilized. That said, Game 5 obviously wasn’t all on Ham. It also didn’t help that Ham didn’t call a single timeout when the Grizzlies went on a 28-2 run that won them the game. It’s not a coincidence that Both Brown and Beasley were part of the lineups that recorded the worst plus-minus (Beasley was a -23 while Brown was a -26) in Game 5. On top of Ham pulling Davis out at the wrong time, another questionable decision is his willingness to keep playing Malik Beasley and Troy Brown Jr., who have been struggling offensively all series. Just look how the game turned around once AD took a breather in the third quarter: After that moment, the Grizzlies - who have thrived in the non-AD minutes all series - instantly scored seven points in three easy baskets that led to a 28-2 run. The most disappointing takeaway from Game 5 was when the first-year head coach decided to substitute AD from the game when the Lakers were within one with 3:52 minutes left in the third quarter. It was LeBron James’ worst game of the series (he even admitted that he played like crap) and arguably the most frustrating coaching performance by Darvin Ham, who made a couple of questionable decisions that cost the game. ![]() Much can be said about how Game 5 was just really a matter of a more desperate Grizzlies team refusing to call their season quits at home, but it’s also fair to say that the Lakers shot themselves in the foot like they have countless times this season.Īfter a horrible offensive performance in Game 4, Anthony Davis bounced back in Game 5 by tallying 31 points and 19 rebounds but he barely received any help. Prepare for a highly suspenseful yet sickeningly violent, non-Hollywood, edge-of-the-seat piece of art.The Lakers failed to close out the Memphis Grizzlies last night and now return back home to Los Angeles with a 3-2 series lead as well as more pressure on their side. ![]() I will not detail any events of the film, to save spoiling the atmosphere, but I will note one thing that people tend to be confused about:- "Why did the family let them into the house in the first place?" The two characters of Peter and Paul are let to walk all over the family because of one flaw in the bourgios psyche - 'The more polite a person is, the better a person they are.' This absurd way of thinking is played on by Peter and Paul and they obviously score, plus 'getting into the house without breaking in' is also one of their 'games'.For those who haven't seen the film, I definitely wouldn't recommend this for a night in with the parents/girlfriend, but I definitely would for people who want to see the difference between death and Tarantino-glam. You don't want to watch it, but at the same time, you feel hypnotised by it. The suspense also lasts right through the film 'til the very end. The incredibly long camera shots leave you that bored, that you think "Something bad is going to happen soon, I can tell.". I thought the scenes were too long and dragged out, yet at the same time, I felt a strange feeling of suspense. I watched Funny Games without the slightest clue what the film was about, so I just had to sit back and take it as it comes. This is not how violence is in the real world, violence is a horrible fact of life, not a glamourous thing for youths to copy, and I think Haneke intended Funny Games to show it how it really is. He hates the way violence and death are shown as being 'cool' - Cool gangsters executing their enemies whilst saying cool lines (And you will know, that my name is the Lord! etc,etc)with a cool song playing in the background. First things first, Michael Haneke HATES Quentin Tarantino's films.
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