LeBron James, L.A. Lakers Have Little Margin for Error vs. Trail Blazers
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If we're being honest, the Portland Trail Blazers' 100-93 Game 1 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night is whatever you want it to be, the rare singular outcome that acts in service of more than one spin, both minor and major.This is about the Blazers' late-game shot-making, and how their record doesn't reflect their threat level. They might lose this series.This is about how the Blazers and Lakers finished one game, a single, solitary matchup in a line of, perhaps, seven. The Blazers will bear witness to Lillard missing from 35 feet or longer eventually.This is about Game 1 being a middle ground, a cause for Los Angeles to reflect and Portland to rejoice, but not evidence of anything profound or irreversible for either.The Lakers are not 5-of-32-from-distance gravelly. Nurkic has extended his range behind the rainbow, but that frontcourt falls on the clunkier end of the spectrum, even when the Lakers are playing Davis in tandem with another big.This is about LeBron wearing so many hats in another playoff game, without finding a one-size-fits-all.
As said here by Dan Favale