The Lakers’ Markieff Morris and Clippers’ Marcus Morris, used to fighting to achieve their goals, are hoping to remain in L.A. while vying for titles.The Suns have their own injury concerns — Phoenix coach Monty Williams said Chris Paul had Saturday off to try to get his injured right shoulder as healthy as possible.“Kind of what this season … oddly prepared us for is the unknown,” guard Wesley Matthews said. He figures to be in line for an enhanced role if Caldwell-Pope is unable to play.
It’d be unfortunate for injuries to derail the momentum the Lakers have built over the last two games, the team combining a heightened sense of urgency with improving continuity in a pair of physically dominant wins.“I expected this team, this organization, to lock in like we have. The attention to detail has gone up dramatically, like it always does with most teams,” Matthews said.
That switch has given the Lakers a glimpse of what the team hoped it could be, a defensively dominant team built for playoff success. “Now we’re here. So now we got a full, healthy roster so we can see where we were, what we can be, just like the beginning of the season where we were playing good basketball before the injuries,” Davis said. “So it’s been good having everyone available and ready to play. Everyone staying ready, getting their number called. They’ve bought in and contributed to our success and to our team wins.
“That’s who we always want to be, and when it doesn’t happen we’re disappointed in how that plays out,” Vogel said. “And the last two games, we wanted to have mindset to be the aggressors and be first to 50-50 balls, be the harder-playing team, team that hits harder. …That’s going to be the key to winning the next game, to winning Game 4. But that’s always supposed to be our identity, to be the harder-playing, more physical team.
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Lol the dude is always hurt in some way
It's the Sun's still alive in this series i thought this series was done
nice